What are some behaviors that are influenced only by hormones and not genetics?
2006-08-17 07:57:39 · 6 answers · asked by mommy_2_little_man 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
This is a tough question, because the two are completely interlinked.
Your genetics control how much of a certain hormone you release.
Your hormones cause things in your body to happen. Your genetics cause your hormones to be created and activated.
If a man has a tumor on his pitutary gland, it may cause abnormal growth (over 7 feet tall). You could say, in that case, that hormones controlled his height, and genetics had nothing to do with it. However, that was due to the tumor. Otherwise, genetics would have limited the HGF hormone flow to its pre-described level.
Sorry I can't be of more help.
2006-08-17 08:05:31 · answer #1 · answered by Jay 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somebody should tell "Sean" that having penis is not a "behavior;" it's a genetic accident. And "height" is not a behavior, either; although it is a product of genetic potential.
Behaviors that are controlled solely by genetics (with no learning involved) are blinking, breathing, circulating blood, knee jerk, Bubinski reflex, flinching, and any other actions that are purely reflexive.
2006-08-17 15:09:32 · answer #2 · answered by Goethe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought hormones were only controlled by genetics in the first place?. . . It seems to me that the genes determine being or intensity that can be; and other stuff determines how it is.
2006-08-17 15:17:46 · answer #3 · answered by stealm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The positions you sleep, how you chew your food and some of your gestures are genetic traits.
2006-08-17 15:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by Mrs. Butler ♥2 B♥ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The way you walk, talk, and interact.
2006-08-17 15:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by Karrien Sim Peters 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
having a penis
2006-08-17 15:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Sean 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋