Fact of the Day: 06/04/2021

Nature versus nurture, which has a larger impact on our personalities? This topic has been debated for many decades, however, recent scientific studies on twins have given us some very insightful information. Although identical twins have identical DNA, their personalities and life choices often tend to diverge which proves that an individual’s personality depends on more than just genetics, though these differences are far from random. Multiple twin studies have yielded the result that although genetic makeup determines certain factors of a person’s personality such as neuroticism, extraversion, and agreeableness amongst others, nurture impacts other factors like creative preferences and hobbies, and may even account for influencing 50% to 70% of a person’s personality. The reason for this is that the onset or lack of certain environmental factors may turn on or off certain genes subsequently influencing their personality

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