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 Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 4:20 pm
In laymens terms, do you belive that an animals or even a persons disposition and behavior is partially influenced by genetics?
This idea stems from the fact that different amounts and types of hormones influence our personalities. even if enviormental facts can change them slightly.
Any other ideas or comments people?
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Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:35 pm
There is a psychiatric model that covers that, the Stress-Vulnerability model? It's a mixture of the Medical model and the Psychotherapy model.:'D
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Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 3:55 pm
I personally thing that our genes simply determine what we look like and our upbringing is what really determines how we will act. There have been lots of studies on this question, mainly to do with twins but the ethical side of the possible studies isn't very good.
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 10:37 pm
I'm no expert in child studies, but I do think that there is no correlation between human behavior and genetics.
The reason someone would act like their parents is because they grew up with them as role models, sometimes not even consciously copying them. This is a very odd example to throw out there...
But did Luke Skywalker even KNOW that Darth Vader was his father? Luke was raised in a mindset completely opposite his father's. And yet they were biologically related.
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Posted: Sun May 17, 2009 7:02 pm
Nature versus nurture is one of the oldest behavioral arguments. The upshot of it is that we are genetically predisposed toward certain behaviors, but that we can adjust or repress them (or bring positive ones to the fore) through training and conditioning. Each is important.
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Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 8:29 pm
I believe that both genetics and upbringing each have a part in the behavior of a person.
Take addicts for example. Their children are two times as likely to become addicts when they grow up, even if they were never addicts at any time near or around when their child was born/living/being made.
However, this does not necessarily mean that the child will become an addict, which brings in the nurture argument. If that same child is raised to despise all drugs and to never take them they may never become an addict even if they feel the pull towards drug addiction.
However each still plays a part in the child's development.
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Posted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 7:05 pm
That's a nature vs nurture question. And majority of people would say it's pretty half-half; half your biology, half your environment... Though I wouldn't say half-half either; and no one really has any proof yet.
It's hard to explain, but someone's biology works (if you want to think of it this way) like a handicap; it's something that's wired into the person, and it can have an effect on how people view the world. The way it has an effect is that genes can have an effect on one's perception- it can predetermine how they start to view the world. But one's environment is definitely able to affect the person's personality, since memory's a huge part of what makes someone who they are. (And actually, someone's environment and mood can have an affect on their biology- Like making them make more of a certain chemical... Like endorphins or etc.)
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