2007-01-24 23:15:36 · 9 answers · asked by lyZa joy 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
I believe intelligence is usually genetic, if not always.
It could come from your parents, it could skip a generation or two... who knows? It could come from a long recessive gene, as in a hundred years... again, who knows?
I do not know what my father's registered IQ was but I know mine is registered as quit high. I believe he was pretty much like I am.
2007-01-25 00:51:38 · answer #1 · answered by j 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its a tough question to answer. I have not yet read one study that attempted to test this without flaws. The problem comes that generally the smart the parents, the more they make at work. The more they make at work, the nicer area they live in. The nicer area and more money leads to private schools or atleast better schools and more books on their book shelf at home and etc. Their children will test out higher on average then the poor.
Now the problems comes when you try to split nature from nurture in this situation.
opps, I did read one thing about identical twins sharing similar intellegence and aptitudes even though they were separated at birth. The test group was very small but it showed that genes could potentially carry a range that you are supposed to be inbetween while your environment provides the rest.
2007-01-24 23:24:14 · answer #2 · answered by n_m_young 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My opinion. Yes, BUT it is the genes that you inherit from them and the combination of genes. It is not necessarily be the best of intelligent genes.
2007-01-24 23:47:40 · answer #3 · answered by old_woman_84 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well i guess it could be, but i know that a lot of people have higher or lower then their parents too, so in a why i would say not, and in another way i would say yes , it would be how much time they spend with you, and taught you when you were young, even now.
2007-01-24 23:29:49 · answer #4 · answered by Ladyofathousandfaces 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i imagine that if both your father and mom were hella dumb then the youngster will finally end up more desirable stupid. the youngster should not be uncovered to sensible concepts, vocabulary or enriching studies. 70% of a youngster's studying ability is determined through 5 yrs previous. this can propose in the previous they began kidnergarten so i imagine the dumb father and mom ought to play sufficient of a function to stay away from the youngster's finished ability.
2016-10-16 02:09:25 · answer #5 · answered by debbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A part of it. Your gene pool dictates a big deal of "built in" habilities and capabilities you actually have. The rest is up to you, in terms of using or discard them. Education, training, hard work, determination and your environment gives you the rest.
2007-01-24 23:26:18 · answer #6 · answered by El calvito 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if one can inherit BP, Diabetes, Mental Disorders, even cancer, including facial appearance then why not INTELLINGECE
But like everything else, it' s not compulsory in either way
And one also needs to cultivate intelligence like anything else
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2007-01-24 23:26:22 · answer #7 · answered by Osama bin Laden 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they say that sons get most of their intelligence from the mother while the daughters get most from the father..at least that's what they say.
2007-01-24 23:25:31 · answer #8 · answered by Lyza 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think so. I'm a genius, but my kids are idiots.
2007-01-24 23:23:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋