2007-04-05 10:35:19 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I don't believe so. I believe that the way one is nurtured molds one's personality. If one is raised to feel love as opposed to one who was raised in a standoffish environment, the loved child will grow confident, whereas the other child will have much less confidence. Genes make up how we look, but not how we feel. Do you know of beauties that are horribly lonely and depressed? Do you know of those who are challenged that are more successful than their counterparts that were born without any maladies? Do you know of the child from a wealthy family with no prosperity and the child from an impoverished family that works and is blessed with success that enables her/him to become the top performer in her/his chosen field? That isn't genes, that's intangible!
2007-04-05 10:49:42 · answer #1 · answered by Hot Coco Puff 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Genes do play a role in your personality, however I feel that the way you are raised and the good and bad things you experience with other people plays a bigger role in your personality. This is because if you are the type pf person that can be mean and nobody wants to be around you and you realize this, you will want to change to become a person that is nicer and is more pleasant to be around, or at least hopefully you would want to become nicer, and that would change your personality. So although genes do play a small role, life experiences are really what influence your personality, or at least help to shape your personality for the most part.
2007-04-05 20:00:20 · answer #2 · answered by shayshay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would argue that genes in fact do not determine a person's personality. I think that the environment in which a person is raised (their parents, friends, neighbours, etc...) affect how a person grows up. The only time that a person's personality or behaviour is determined before hand is if they have an inherited disorder (caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain) such as depression, schizophrenia, or the like.
2007-04-05 17:46:55 · answer #3 · answered by Jordan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is one of the oldest questions in psychology, Nature vs, Nurture. The degree to which our intelligence and personality are affected by our genetics or our environment and learning. Through Twin studies, the affect of genetics on intelligence was found to be roughly 50%, believe it not.
The affect of genes on personality is much more complex. Genetics does affect personality to some extent, generally much less than 50%. The reason is that the influence of environment and learning can change how genetics affect you. How you react to situations, as in Harry Potter, "the choices you make", are all the difference. Genetics has a great deal of influence on your "temperament". Environment and learning influence what situations you are confronted with in life and what skills you are taught and how you use them to cope with those events.
For example, when I meet people who went to the same school that I attended for grammar school, I found some who had very bad memories of their schooling. I came from a small school with a small class, so we all experienced the same things. I had many more difficulties than some of these people, some of them of my own making, yet I still look with fondness and have happy memories of those days. Some of that is my temperament, but some of it comes from the support I received in my environment and how my parents taught me to cope.
2007-04-05 17:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by cavassi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genes do.
But also the environment the individual lives in his first 5 years of life, when the personality really shapes.
2007-04-05 23:48:06 · answer #5 · answered by Goldmund 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe they play a role. but i also feel that that way you were raised, see the world and feel about yourself is a big influence on your personaltiy. the things youve gone through in your life and how you have delt with them is also a role.
2007-04-05 17:47:03 · answer #6 · answered by armygrl24 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
See Carl Jung's "Collective unconscious". The quick answer is yes. Verbosity does not give validity.
2007-04-05 18:09:49 · answer #7 · answered by All-One 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think genes affect personalityin some ways NOT ALL. everyone is even different from their parents though, and the people who we meet and love make our persoonalities.
2007-04-05 17:39:41 · answer #8 · answered by mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont know about that pal...a personality is starting from birth onwards and to be fair..no one personality suits everybody so we like and dislike etc
2007-04-05 17:44:46 · answer #9 · answered by foxy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the levi's i bought in oxfam made me very happy
2007-04-05 18:11:30 · answer #10 · answered by Jezabel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋