Author Question: Parents' beliefs that they mold their children's personalities may be diminished by the finding that ... (Read 46 times)

MirandaLo · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Parents' beliefs that they mold their children's personalities may be diminished by the finding that

half of personality traits may be genetic.
half of personality traits may be environmental.
most of the environmental effects may be from the nonshared environment.
temperament defines personality.

Question 2

Many parents believe that they mold their children's personalities. This belief is challenged by which of the following research findings?

Scientific data suggest that genes play a far bigger role than was previously
believed.
The influences on personality seem to be 50 percent familial and 50 percent
nonfamilial.
Much more of the environmental effects on personality come from outside the
family than was previously believed.
Epigenetic research reveals that familial environment plays a very small role in
personality when compared to the influence of genetics.

Eunice618 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

most of the environmental effects may be from the nonshared environment.

Answer to Question 2

Much more of the environmental effects on personality come from outside the
family than was previously believed.