Question

The causes of individual differences are always:
1. Hereditary
2. Social and Economic
3. Emotional and Personal
4. Environmental and Hereditary

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Environmental and Hereditary

No two individuals are exactly the same. Individuals differ from one another in various aspects. They differ physically as well as psychologically. Individual differences are caused due to the differences in capacities and capabilities, potentialities and propensities, attitudes and aptitudes, interests and sentiments, temperaments and traits, age and sex, etc.

• Individual difference refers to the difference which distinguishes an individual from another on the basis of psychological characteristics.
• Individual differences occur due to the interaction of genetic and environmental factors. We inherit certain characteristics from our parents through genetic codes. The phenotype or the expressed forms of our characteristics depend on contributions of the socio-cultural environment.

 Cause of individual differences:

•  Heredity: It refers to the traits that pass down from the parents to their offspring. It is the most important personality and intelligence determinant.
• Environment: It refers to the circumstances in which an individual lives. A child's immediate environment strongly influenced their personality and intelligence.

• Maturity:- It is about the way one acts and interacts with the world around him. It occurs when the level of physical development is commensurate with a given age level.

Thus, it is concluded that The causes of individual differences are always Environmental and Hereditary.