Our personalities are predetermined as a result of our genes before we are born and there is nothing that can be done to change our character traits. To what extent do you agree?

Research on

personality

development is a vast topic in the field of psychology. There is a view that nothing can alter our nature as it is determined by our genes before our

birth

.

This

essay elaborates, why I completely disagree with

this

view.

To begin

with, a man/woman's

personality

develops with experiences that he/she encounters. A small baby doesn't have much in terms of

personality

at

birth

. As he grows older, he gathers numerous experiences, learns from them and develops his own responses which shape his inherent

traits

. Even though the baby carries his DNA since

birth

, it the training and struggles he faces that ultimately shape his character

traits

.

For example

, identical twins carry the same set of genes, but are challenged with different scenarios in life, and

thus

end up having different personalities.

Secondly

, not only is

personality

development dependent on the situations that we face in the younger years, but it is

also

malleable. Though we choose to stay rigid about some of our

traits

, we can change them according to the situation that we face.

For instance

, an introverted man who repeatedly fails at relationships might just become an obvious extrovert with practice and effort to succeed in his future relationships. Though our genetic makeup is fixed at

birth

, even the most basic inherent

traits

can be modified contradicting the argument that our genetics determines our

traits

and nothing can be done to alter them. In conclusion, I

therefore

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, would disagree with the opinion that our personalities are predetermined and our character

traits

are amenable to alteration because our personalities are an outcome of our experiences (more than our nucleic acids) and the ability of a human being to transform even the most basic of his

traits

(a quality not possessed by the genetic material).