something you develop with experience?
2006-07-13 05:40:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
assertiveness/agressiveness
2006-07-13 05:40:56 · update #1
Might be a little of both , but I do believe it is more learned than genetic.
Being assertive is not being aggressive.
Assertiveness is more linked to confidence.
I am confident....wink.
2006-07-13 13:46:11 · answer #1 · answered by Einstein 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
I believe that experience probably has more to do with it. When I was younger, I was almost subserviant, and passive. as I have grown older, i have reached a point where I will not let anyone take advantage of me unless I wish it. I would not say I have become aggressive, thats just not my style, But I am much more assertive about what I want and not getting used, than when I was younger. I dont know about genetics, tho in this matter, I suppose it , like many other personality aspects, could be inherited, somewhat.
2006-07-13 06:13:04 · answer #2 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's a product of your life experiences and the personality type of the people who you were around while you were raised....personality is a social construct and not inherited by genes. if you were beaten by your parents every time you became agressive or talked back and you had no one else in your life that was assertive/aggressive and telling you that what your parents were doing was wrong, you'd grow to be a very timid and intraverted person
2006-07-13 05:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anthony V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Environment and circumstances. It is definitely a must in certain situations. I remember a big kid who played offensive line when I helped coach youth football (American football). He was big, intimidating to look at, but a gentle giant. In fact he was too gentle. Smaller guys had no difficulty pushing him around. This
young man had not an ounce of meanness or aggression in him. We as coaches would observe after practice that his little brother would jump on him, punch and kick him, and 'Kenny' would just laugh and take it. We realized that he was brought up to be gentle to others because of his size. The poor kid did not know how to be assertive.
It took half a season of Kenny getting knocked on his butt and run over before the light bulb went on in his head that getting 'beat up' was not really a lot of fun. When he finally saw the light, there was no stopping him. We created what some would call a monster, but what we referred to as a gamer. Kenny went on to play ball in high school until knee injuries kept him away from the sport for good.
That was a long winded story, thanks for letting me bring it to the front of my memory bank Freyja.
2006-07-13 13:48:33 · answer #4 · answered by Sanitizer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but the capacity for intelligence is, and some people have a higher capacity than others. I'm certainly much more intelligent than any animal, and I can attribute the advantage to genetics, but the fact that I may be more intelligent than some humans is probably more due to living standards and social pressures than genetics.
2016-03-15 23:30:07 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Experience more likely than genes. Growing up in a big city does it, too.
2006-07-13 05:43:30 · answer #6 · answered by sweetsinglemom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both. Although, I'm a firm believer that what you've got isn't near as important as what you do with it.
2006-07-13 05:54:59 · answer #7 · answered by MornGloryHM 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is something developed not inherited
2006-07-13 14:15:58 · answer #8 · answered by Little Wifey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋