Correct Answer - Option 1 : Genetic makeup impacts responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment
Our genetic codes are alike in one important way; they contain the human genetic code. Most characteristics that we observe in humans are combinations of a larger number of genes.
- It includes physical traits, such as height, weight, eye and skin color, and many psychological characteristics such as intelligence, creativity, and personality.
- The influence of such an environment may make the child a little extroverted.
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Parents provide the genes for the child’s development which play an important role in determining the type of environment their children will encounter.
- These observable characteristics of an individual are the result of the interaction between the person’s inherited traits and the environment. This is what makes each one of us a unique person.
Some of the examples of genetic responsiveness is-
- An individual with “short” height genes, even if s/he is in a very good nutritional environment, will never be able to be taller than average. This shows that genes set the limit and within that limit the environment influences development.
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If parents are intelligent and are good readers they would provide their children with books to read, with the likely outcome that their children would become good readers who enjoy reading.
Thus from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that genetic makeup impacts the responsiveness of an individual to qualities of the environment.