Research indicates that the characteristics we are born with have much more influence on our personality and development than any experiences we may have in our life. Which do you consider to be the major influence?

It is obvious that we inherit physical characteristics from our parents. Much more debatable is the question of whether nature

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has an influence on our

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and development.

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essay will look at the

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and conclude that, in

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, our environment probably influences our personality more than our genetic inheritance does. Admittedly, there are some indications that our genetic make-up can have an effect on our

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. If we accept the existence of different types of

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, it is interesting to note that musical aptitude and sporting ability often seem to be passed from generation to generation.

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, it is not always clear whether the children of musicians,

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, become musicians too

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genetics or simply

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greater exposure to the world of music in their early years.

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from identical twins raised apart

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points to the importance of genetic inheritance.

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twins often seem to end up remarkably similar in

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and aptitude despite the

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that they grew up in different environments.

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, we should

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acknowledge that, in other cases, twins growing up apart often wind up totally different in

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. The power of simple coincidence, in these cases, cannot be ignored. Nurture, meanwhile, has an undeniable effect on our psychological growth. We know so much today about the way children learn that it is impossible to ignore the importance of environmental factors

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as good schooling, exposure to books and ideas, and a healthy social life

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child development. In

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, the whole concept of education is predicated on the

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that experience can have a positive effect on

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. In conclusion,

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there is some borderline

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that genetic factors influence our mental development, there is much more convincing

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that environmental factors do so.