There has always been a large controversy over whether

inherited genes or the environment influences and effects our

personality, development, behavior, intelligence and ability. This

controversy is most often recognized as the nature verses nurture

conflict. Some people believe that it is strictly genes that effect our

ways of life, others believe that it is the environment that effects us,

and some believe that both of these influence our behavior. Either way,

social scientists have been struggling for centuries deciding whether

our personalities are born or made. Tests are done often on identical

twins that were separated to see how they are each influenced by their

separate environments.

In the past twenty years, it has been discovered that there is a

genetic component to every human trait and behavior. However, genetic

influence on traits and behavior is partial because genetics account on

average for half of the variation of......

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Title: Nature Vs Nurture
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