Like is someone is really arrogant or has a bad temper, can this person pass these traits to an offspring?
2007-02-26 11:58:31 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The effects of the genes are probabilistic; for traits. Progeny could possible tend this way. Temper, for instance, may be hormonally mediated. So, you could have progeny receive more of a certain hormone level, or more receptors of said hormone. We are still a long way from explaining mechanisms of behavioral heritages. The indirect effect of the genes tend to muddy the water. Height, for instance. People defer to the tall, so it is incorrect to say a tall person has genes for ambition, or success. Quite complex.
2007-02-26 12:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genetic traits are said to be around 50% inherited. The other 50% comes from the environment.
2007-02-26 21:09:40 · answer #2 · answered by sweetandlow16530 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is proven that a child be two people who have a storng personality will also have the same. If the same two people have another kid later in life and they have tamed down in thier personality then the child will also be tamer. There is no proof that this is simply not the way they are raised, but for the most part it proves the whole personality will be the same theory.
2007-02-26 20:07:15 · answer #3 · answered by anamaradancer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it is more about the environment that the child grows up in. If they are exposed to arrogance and bad temper while growingup they are more likely to display these traits as well.
2007-02-26 20:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's been shown that some factors influencing personality characteristics such as hormonal balances can be exchanged by heredibility, but a large part of someone's "nature" is formed during the first few years of their life. though it can change somewhat after that, environment plays a larger role than biology in things like arrogance
2007-02-26 20:27:50 · answer #5 · answered by Kate 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes
2007-02-26 20:02:07 · answer #6 · answered by SunFun 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I could conclusively answer "yes" or "no" to this question, I'd be famous.
At this point, it's really not possible to determine the difference between "nurture" or "nature." All of us are products of both.
2007-02-26 23:05:13 · answer #7 · answered by stormsinger1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genetically, not really, just a possible predisposition toward it.
But as far as nurture goes, a parent's influence on a child can't ever be underestimated, especially in the first few formative years.
2007-02-26 20:02:59 · answer #8 · answered by brothergoosetg 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. These traits are passed by observing behavior.
2007-02-26 20:01:47 · answer #9 · answered by Your Best Fiend 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes,I'm pretty sure.
2007-02-26 20:06:05 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋