Question

Give examples of how Genetics, how your parents reared you and surrounding environment affect someone’s personality.

Answer 1

• Our personalities are a combination of both genes and environmental factors.There is no one particular "personality gene" we have since perosnality traits are complex. We might be born with certain traits and temperaments but it does get shaped by our social environment as well.
• For example;people high in extraversion have been found to carry long forms of the gene DRD4. This gene dictates how we produce dopamine. Those who carry the long form of the gene DRD4 have more dopamine production when they have a positive experience. In other words, high extroverts might be wired to seek more social experiences because they get a bigger chemical pleasure boost.
• For example,my mother has the talent of planning things all on her own,which I feel has been passed on to me and forms a major part of my personality.
• Our experiences in our day to day life, as well as the people whom we associated with such as our family, friends, people in the school, in the church and the community as a whole, all influences our personality.
  
• My major personality development happened when I went to college,and I got opportunities to join various extra curricular societies which definitely made me more of an extrovert personality and more confident and made me who I am today.
• My friends and teachers also shaped my personality and made me more open to experiences and face the world with better public skills.