Describe one of your personality traits that you believe to be highly heritable

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Describe one of your personality traits that you believe to be highly heritable and another traits that seems to be much less so. Provide evidence to support your answer, and explain why you would expect genetics to extert a much greater impact on some personality traits than on others. Describe one of your personality traits that you believe to be highly heritable and another traits that seems to be much less so. Provide evidence to support your answer, and explain why you would expect genetics to extert a much greater impact on some personality traits than on others.

Explanation / Answer

Based on findings from Behavioral Genetic Research it is claimed that the; heritability estimates for major personality traits like; extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness to experience is of about 20-45 percent; which is sizable. Our genes might exert a greater effect than our environment in this case as research of twin studies have confirmed these claims. However; certain lifestyle adoptions may be due to peer pressure like; drinking and smoking.

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