Understanding Heredity: Influences and Misconceptions

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environment as they are adopted by people having certain creteria . Sometimes heredity is misused as stereotypes like children of marginalised parents are less intelligent while this may not be true as when such children are given nutitious diet , better school and guidance facility they perform well and sometimes even better than children of well off families. Reaction range ( Gottesman) : It says that different individuals response to the invironment in a unique way due to some unique genetic make up present in them . Same environment have different responses from the individuals . Concept of Canalization: It is a concept in which hereditary restricts some characteristics to few outcomes that’s why certain behavioural patterns change only …show more content…

For example : how a male or female respond to the other sex depends upon the culture. People brought up a culture in which making female friends is a taboo then such people will behave according to that culture influence. Level of distance maintained while talking with each other comes from the cultural value. If the person coming from a particular place with a particular cultural and inherited traits starts residing at a new place due to certain circumstances then he or she may also adapt certain things from the new place and its environment around which may influence his behavior, change in behavior is not sudden but a gradual one. For example : people who came from villages long back and settled in big cities , may be carrying small businesses or running shops adapt the language , wear out etc of the new place. Another live example could be seen at Taj Mahal where children selling things or performing role of tourist guide they speak English , the language which they have not learned as a part of academics …show more content…

Some non shared environment i.e. heredity is regarded responsible for the similarity between the two children of same family. People select and enhance things according to their genetic differences. The genetic factors affect the environmental factors to the extent till the environment responds directly to it .The correlation effect of gene and environment increases with age and affect the human behavior. The behavior of children towars indulging into wrong activities is due social as well as genetic factors. The study of genetics (DNA) and environment correlation may help in discovering various reasons for the occurance of various mental disorders . With the help of this study measures in the form of gene imprinting or various other treatments can be given to prevent such disorders

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