Is your personality pre-determined? Biological Theory of Personality

[@titlespree]

*Its definitely a mix of genetics and environment. If that was not the case, evolution wouldn't have been possible.*

[@ChosenMan37]

That's because evolution isnt possible. Keep the fairy tales to yourself

[@skipx98]

@@ChosenMan37 Explain pls

[@mifaat3666]

@@@ChosenMan37 I believe this too afterall from all the recorded human history no ape evolved into being human

[@ChosenMan37]

@@mifaat3666 exactly. There's no proof only fairy tales

[@skipx98]

@@mifaat3666 Because our ancestors were busy surviving, why would they record their history and lives? Evolution takes longer than 5000 years to go from apes to what we are know.

[@deanmoriarty6015]

Fr though I’m actually hype to watch this- very interesting topic

[@pursolis]

Are you an infj?

[@StGeoRUSH619]

These are some of the best psychological studies informational videos I've ever seen. You are really good at explaining things in a way we can all understand. I'm going through a psychology master's program, and these videos are helping me a lot... Thank you so much for your hard work and posting them for us.

[@realradiant1r69]

I remember hearing the debate About nature versus nurture when I was five years old (I’m 52 now) And even at the age of five I knew that so many things or a product of both genetics and environment.

[@sethmoneygetter]

r/iamverysmart

[@alanbrady420]

Around 54ish now..

[@BrainsApplied]

*Its a nature and nurture mix.* Research has shown that your DNA defines whether you are more likely to vote conservative or liberal! But off course, how your parents raise you makes quite a difference as well.

[@TastyTurkeyBreast]

So are nature and nurture an even split?

[@ahhwe-any7434]

Being that I'm a poet :/ yes but also no. Meanwhile, I hate the way her GMA throws her in the car seat. Not really throw. But I can hear my baby's head hit against either the car seat or the back of the front passenger seat every night when I pick her up from work. I'm not being dramatic. That's my baby's skull ... I put my munchkin in a car seat, her heads gonna hit my hand before she hits anything. I'm about to say something to her tonight about it too 😤. I'm not naggish. It's just what part of not protecting a baby's head part r u not getting

[@savvageorge]

Makes sense that it would be both. Being able to adapt to your environment is crucial for survival but so is being a fast learner. Having a mixture of genetic and environmental personality traits gives you the best of both worlds, quickness and adaptability.

[@pyukumuku-6645]

I have two baby rats who are sisters and ever since i got then at two weeks old they had different personalities. One was always hiding and the other was eager to explore. Over time they both became sweet and trusting toward me, but one was always more trusting and willing to explore while the other is shyer and less open. So i agree with nature AND nurture play a part

[@bjrnn.2689]

Remember siblings only share 50% of their genes.

[@remotefaith]

Maybe one experienced something pre birth, at birth or whilst a newborn that formed a more anxious personality?

[@pyukumuku-6645]

@@remotefaith oof They're both dead now anyways

[@sarahlamb2333]

@@remotefaith maybe mum or dad rat was more anxious & one took on those traits & other didn't

[@shresthaditya2950]

4:40- 5:06-Phineas Cage which showed that change in brain structure can change the personality of a person so things like drugs, smartphones have the ability to change our brain 6:02-Theory of Neoroplasticity: We can change our brain Chemistry

[@pfinhulk6726]

6:16 Isn't it written Neuroplasticity?

[@sethmoneygetter]

My uncle who is pretty financially successful and a very intelligent man has a metal plate in his head because when he was a teenager he got robbed by a schizophrenic man with a tomahawk who hit in in the skull and damaged his frontal lobe. He said he became more inquisitive or something to that effect, he also is a surgeon.. go figure

[@Lodin7]

If we don't chose our genes If we don't chose our environment If we don't chose the thoughts and ideologies that are going to be put on us when we are young If we can't control how our brain cells and neurons and everything in our bodies Where is our FREE WILL?

[@WolfyMarcus]

Free will is an illusion after learning about this stuff lol

[@reneea7471]

This video helped me gain a lot of knowledge, it also helped me finish my assignment on time. The only thing I could do to thank you was to like, subscribe and comment. Once again thank you so much for posting this video. It was of great help. :) :)

[@fionafiona1146]

Epigenetics entered the chat

[@jvvl11e]

This series is great!! Thank you for your time and effort, you're really helping me

[@PracticalPsychologyTips]

I'm so glad someone's appreciative :D

[@kimfawcett1731]

Nurture over Nature...but ultimately a combination of three things...nature, nurture and Free Will...

[@myMalaa]

But the free will itself is very limited

[@blooeagle5118]

Something else that Analytical Psychologist Carl Jung described was that due to your bloodline you will have certain characteristics. For example myself, I have a rather short fuse temper, I have an almost innate ability to smell out other's Tyranny, including systemic tyranny, and I feel incredibly proud listening to the bagpipes, and have even had visions of being within battle formations listening to certain songs. My father is the same way, as was my grandfather. Very, very similar people, and my family was actually cast out of Scotland and emigrated to Canada for inciting revolution against the king. The scottish and Irish have been fighting tyranny for their own personal freedom and identity for literally thousands of years. It is so strong in my family that the majority of my genetic consititution may be english, but the concentration of scottish to the rest is very thick. And I can wager to guess that people with bloodlines of peoples with particular traits, temperments, traditions and the like, are going to find them within not only their own culture, but themselves as well. It's so fascinating to see.

[@eotwn7458]

I love listening to these videos while working out like it keeps me motivated cause I want to grow my biceps and my mind lol I think thats just me thou.

[@SimberLayek]

Yup. Just you. No one else smart ever works out. You're the only one, and everyone else you've ever seen exercising are just idiots.

[@patrickchristianmagtaan5511]

@@SimberLayek Hasty Generalization, I listened to Rocky Balboa soundtrack when I'm hitting the gym and it doesn't make me less of a person just because I have a different preference or taste than him, for instance (watching educational videos while doing workouts) and stop patronising this type of routine as godly and more superior than any other preference we have. You sound like a pseudo intellectual wannabe comparing yourself to others insecure more than ever

[@SimberLayek]

@@patrickchristianmagtaan5511 I was being sarcastic/facetious. I even liked his comment because I literally have done and still do exactly the same thing. Lol~

[@anyameowie]

⁠@@SimberLayekGlad you cleared that up my jaw dropped at your comment I was like “Oh 🫢😅⁉️” But now rereading it I def hear the sarcasm 😹

[@KM-04]

Lvl 1 Using the cake anology. Nature, is the sum total of the individual constituents of the cake. The baker, which in this case is nurture, is an elemant of randomness. As far as the cake and we are concerned, it's invariably limited to the inherent aberrations of it's individual constituents. Nurture can be described as the roller of the dice. You can never roll 7 on a dice from 1 to 6. So, in a sense our manifestation is limited to what we can't control. I believe nature is the suitable culprit here. However, it depends on how you define nurture. Is it a factor that could be impeded upon? or not?

[@Traditz]

Now the question is, whether free will is a component to the environmental factor? Or is it assumed free will is not existent and our personality is based on the principle of determinism?

[@vishavbaidwan]

We usually use our intuition to make decisions which is basically collection of past experiences but we can also use our active mind to think if it's right or wrong which allows us free will. To conclude personality is based on free will and determinism more but determinism comes from trial and error, sometimes observation which requires free will

[@AN-fu2op]

This was a great summary of the nature vs nurture debate! Thanks a lot!

[@superfluous_staring_8126]

It’s a little strange that when you said we can change our personality with our brains you mentioned a person who lost a piece of their brain. I wouldn’t say we can change our height with our bodies and then mention someone who got their legs blown off.

[@Doffy586]

😂😂😂

[@kury8421]

You getting this little views yet you are still making videos and putting so much effort into researching all the topics. Respect+

[@marie.theartist]

Both influence greatly, hand in hand.

[@CodeDeb]

I need to watch 3 times!

[@kumara5492]

Awesome analysis. Thank you.

[@neverbeenoutside6236]

so basically everything is based on luck because who you meet and what you experienced is a coincedence

[@Danuxsy]

Yes always has been, it's also up to epigenetics. The thing is that you are a machine and nothing can ever be your doing.

[@ushadani4186]

The 3 in 1 personality test wasn't very accurate for me in the MBTI part. I'm actually an INTJ but the quiz gave me ISFJ. The rest of it was okay. Two problems with the Big Five. First: It told me that 'You are openness' (no need for explanation there). Second: I am not open, but I'm a good listener. I listen to people's secrets because I like to have some dirt on them. (Yes I am manipulative)

[@MBTIMemes]

where did you originally do your MBTI test?

[@dem201194]

Great Video, Keep them coming :)

[@grafleberwurst1830]

very interesting i love this video serious thank you and keep going!!! :)

[@thivyaprasad1414]

Both the two had the same situation , religion culture economic group and education method is the variable in nurture , so they both were not only had the same gene , also had the same nurture .

[@logicalperspectivekanki4190]

differences in identical twins that were raised apart do not guarantee that their differences are due to environment, their personality types can be different which would cause them to have different lives.

[@brad885]

Both. We are all born with a different toolset, but not the knowledge to use it. No one is born a murderer, or a saint.

[@OceanSwimmer201]

Genes can definitely influence whether someone will murder.

[@brad885]

@@OceanSwimmer201 But, many people with the same genes don't murder. It's a slippery slope to state that people with certain genes will murder. Because the next "logical step" is that those without it should murder those with it first. And you end up with a genocide.

[@Danuxsy]

@@brad885 Epigenetics is why some become murderers and others don't, there is NO control whatsoever.

[@thivyaprasad1414]

Both nature and nurture . 20:80 - nature : nurture

[@suryaentertainment5028]

Nice presentation ❤

[@Jon-br2db]

I wonder if one of those Jims, had been brought up in different country and different cultures, what similarities and differences would they've had.

[@TawandaMandidzidze]

Why you didn't mention the ideas from Gray and Eysenck

[@radudancoroian5169]

Nurture is like a seed. Genetics are like the soil where we plant the seed. But I still belive that nurture has an higher impact.

[@MerwinRojerc]

Omg.....what a creative thinking man 😮🔥🔥

[@radudancoroian5169]

@@MerwinRojerc I literally dont remeber anything about making this coment

[@MerwinRojerc]

I just told the example which u releated with genetics 👌👌

[@radudancoroian5169]

@@MerwinRojerc I dont see it anywhere and this comment is over 2 yr old anyway so its irelevant at this point

[@MerwinRojerc]

Fine...carry on

[@Sim___ply]

can u please share Resources links?

[@oscarcordero7811]

So Technically you can't change your personality but, we can change our mind by meditation

[@fionafiona1146]

You can change some aspects more than others.

[@naturalLin]

You can change how you behave and change your limiting beliefs

[@OceanSwimmer201]

@@naturalLin Not everyone though..someone born with genetic brain disease such as Huntington's Disease, which eat the brain away.

[@kiranr.n.1531]

Exactly!

[@Sanjana-gy9ty]

Wonderful explanation! I'm curious which one out of nature or nurture would influence the personality more ?

[@bjrnn.2689]

Gage the railroad worker was a neat story, but that may be all. Theres no real way of knowing that the accident actually caused the personality change. - Post hoc, ergo propter hoc -

[@marralazana2605]

Last thing we need is for personality to be genetics as well

[@NavajoNinja]

Both. But in ur brain, when theres a choice to made. Your brain takes the millions of choices in a situatuion and condenses it into just 2 choices. Then each brain cell chooses 1. With that flood, ur brain is weighing these 2 choices thousands of times. (Thats when ur staring into the sky when asked a tough question.) Its like 49/51% for no or 51/49% for yes. Nature and nuture spin the coin, you decide which way it lands.

[@bryanmccallum4614]

This sounds like me, like when I hit a tree on my motorcycle a few years ago. Smashed my helmet into 50 peace's I think I may have had a concushion!

[@luvfitall]

You are the best friend! Just saying!

[@nordichellas3155]

I'm convinced it's both but more nature over nurture. Thus why two people can be raised pretty much the same way in the same environment, yet be entirely different personalities.

[@realityandnaturepill]

These studies are inherently flawed; 1 Identical twins are not 100% genetically identical. 2 The method for these studies is non-shared environment, often far apart and in completely different social/financial settings, which means you lack a major factor of shared and proximity environment. Although being an environment, this is predetermined as being your biological parents and where you happen to live. If the debate of nature/nurture is phrased or thought of as; "how much do we have influence over who we ultimately are/become", then the shared envionment must be included as a predetermined factor we cannot influence. Interestingly you would thus have both the genetics as well as upbringing from the same adults, and traditionally 'nurturing' often meant as much as the influence parents have; in this sense it is thus irrelevant as parents would have 100% total influence (genetics + nurturing). 3 Environment only alters how genetic traits develop; from identical twin studies any difference is assumed to be caused by envionment, however environmental factors may only 'select' certain genes and therefore the genetic makeup reduces the options of which behaviors or traits the individual may develop, genetics thus play a large role even for traits which are different in identical twins. A great example of this is epigenetics, another one is predisposition for certain diseases. Even if one of the twins has a disease as an adult and the other does not have this disease, this certainly does not mean that this can be entirely attributed to the environment. 4 Even if it would be certain that environment had caused a certain trait, you likely had no influence over this, studies repeatedly had suggested that it is major and unpredictable life events that can change behavior, rather than small events or personal decisions.

[@hailieB527]

This is just amazing

[@dilminethmini00]

Thankss❤️💕

[@zah936]

Thank you ❤

[@osse1n]

*Your personality is fluctuating. Today you can be introvert and tomorrow you become extrovert.* personality is a software and can be updated through practice and emotional conviction.

[@fionafiona1146]

But your software has hardware limits.

[@fishcrabs7898]

the concept about how our personality changes constantly is that it is primarily based on our hormones. Another thing that people should be highly aware of because hormones is a very large contributing factor on how we look, feel and think. For example, conducting a hormonal blood test on a MALE individual on a week. Every end of the day, a hormonal blood test is taken. At the 1st day, the individual was highly energetic and was clearly outgoing. 2nd day, he is significantly less energetic than the previous day and also less outgoing, basically became an introvert for that time. 3rd day, became more energetic and outgoing than the previous day but not as energetic as the 1st day. 4th day, became more energetic and outgoing than the 1st day. 5th day, became less energetic and less outgoing than the 2nd day. 6th day, had the same energy and outgoing level as it was on 3rd day. 7th day, reverted to 1st day. This is just an example, but lets say that during the experimentation, on the 1st day the individual clearly had a very great hormonal disposition at the moment. Having high testosterone and low aromatase activity, meaning optimal estrogen levels. 2nd day, testosterone greatly decreased which is heavily affected how that person feel and behaves, even how he look and think generally. Also heightened estrogen which have a lot of negative effects on males. 3rd day, increased testosterone and decreased estrogen but not on the same level as the 1st day. 4th day, basically like double the testosterone and still lowered aromatase activity meaning optimal estrogen levels. 5th day, more decrease on test and increase on estrogen than the 2nd day. 6th day, same hormonal levels at it was on the 3rd day. 7th day, hormonal levels are the same as 1st day which made the individual feel energetic and outgoing. This is just an example but hormonal fluctuations determines our personality.

[@TGREAT1]

Nurture is the most important factor influencing a person... By nature a person is generally calm good cute and perfection..!

[@DaughterofPersephone0630]

Come on guys I know I'm 5 years late but what we're trying to do is to determine whether nature or nurture has the larger impact on us all, in general (as in, in our 8-billion people society)

[@BeBetterbeee]

So what about those Lindas and Bettys. They were different people. Tha fact that they both chose linda and Betty sounds like the choose women by name not personality, otherwise those women had to be extremely similar to each other by appearance or by personality. Who chooses people for their names.. they had to be similar.

[@unphasedablazeray56]

I don't think personality traits are passed down from generation to generation like physical traits and color .I think there personality is manifested and embodied by there environment and effluences around them as they develop around there social group thus making up there own unique thumbprint from that social order of construct. So influence has a unique formality on behavioral pattern .''Monkey see monkey do'' . If you want a factoid to these theory I advise clone the same person and see if they reside with the same persona.

[@TheGreatGYROFLUFF]

Isn't this information rather correlational?

[@thivyaprasad1414]

Wonderful video , I wish I could pay you .

[@williamgragilla7007]

We model our behavior after the behavior of others, there is no direct argument to reconcile personality with genetics.

[@charles21137]

Actually study done one twins showed that, even though they were raised in completely different environments, they stilled showed very similar temperament. The whole “blank slate” theory has been proven wrong over and over again.

[@williamgragilla7007]

@@charles21137 I wouldn’t argue a blank slate of personality, I would go so far as to say a personality template is genetically feasible. I do not believe that there are any genetic precursors that override mature adult reasoning.

[@charles21137]

@@williamgragilla7007 do you have any evidence to back of that claim 😂 Are temperament and reasoning capabilities are determined by genetics and epigenetics.

[@williamgragilla7007]

@@charles21137 Check your grammar. Evidence is easy enough. Take smoking cigarettes as an example. Are there genetic presuppositions that indicate a person is likely to be a smoker? Undoubtedly. Is every pack of fags a choice made by the smoker that could just as easily be chosen against? Undoubtedly. That choice comes from the mind not genetics.

[@williamgragilla7007]

@@charles21137 define temperament, seems an arbitrary contribute

[@aena_]

great job

[@parannoyedkid]

why would you say: ' I'd personally say both' when all we wanted to hear was the science and not your opinion

[@daisugoi]

Because a lot of psychology is based on opinion or hypothesis. We don't have a defined answer for exactly how much of our personality is biologically pre-determined, nor can we name every factor that goes into making up someone's unique characteristics because we may not have considered every factor.

[@ryanpalefsky8090]

Good video :) !

[@deanmoriarty6015]

OOHHH YEAH MR KRABS!!

[@arindam_08]

Environment has a great role too

[@fionafiona1146]

As mentioned about twin studies some aspects are more important than others

[@jenniferorear8452]

Can you do a story about twins?

[@lucymziri1130]

Nice video

[@jameseldridge3445]

Genetics are an inconvenient truth. Our emotions won't accept that reality

[@Obstone0]

Of course genetics play a role in how we behave but a lot of people tend to favor genetics more so than environment which is wrong. Scientists have said that 60-70% of your personality is dictated by your environment. For example, people say that pitbulls are dangerous because of their genetics and they can never change because of that which couldn't be further from the truth. The truth is, a lot of pitbulls are raised by criminals and owners who take advantage of their strong body which causes them to appear more aggressive. Genetics play small role in why pitbulls are aggressive but people often favor that small amount of genetic potential rather than environment which dictates way more. This is why relying on genetics is dangerous mindset to have because it can give a lot of people a negative outlook when they should be questioning the environment and the upbringing.

[@Omkar3324]

So I have to work at the railways now.

[@ObjectiveAnalysis]

You confused Darwin’s TOE (disproved theory) with natural selection (well established fact)

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

Who created our brains? God? The Universe? The Matrix? Who?

[@naturalLin]

Real_Slim Shady I created your brains!!

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

Lin Xu why? Why did you make it that way

[@naturalLin]

Real_Slim Shady cuz its delicious

[@Seasonal-Shadow_4674]

Lin Xu huh so Chris Stuckmann was wrong about people, he is that dumb

[@chasedavis2358]

You are your brain, your soul is pure consciousness

[@Max_G43]

Go off sis

[@josephfox9221]

My lips say no but my genetics say yes

[@lanuako]

Nature tbh

[@sanjayatimilsina5799]

I bet that most Important things in life are determined by the environment. Intellegence can have a genetic side, but I have seen plenty of people who have become so intellectual in their field after being one of the most dumb ones. Which party I vote is definately influenced by which parents I was born to and which neighborhood I was raised, rather than my genetics

[@matthewlachance3362]

I believe you are confusing knowledge with intelligence

[@TastyTurkeyBreast]

@@matthewlachance3362 so there is an innate intelligence that people are born with? As how natural right and left handedness is?

[@kitsudanagisa]

His personality changed because he had a serious accident? I'm guessing trauma to the head? Shaking up the brain chemistry? Yeah see if he didn't have the accident, he would still have the same personality. So in a sense Personalities can change, but you have to have head trauma? Yeah. Thanks for the info.

[@TBOOYY]

Both

[@teleconferencing-arkadin6748]

#GerdNeverMencius @#AnAndFrans #GerdsBrotherInLaw

[@user-yu1dh4bz4u]

am I the only one that had to study for a project?yes? Okay..

[@joshmcclain]

NEUROPASTICITY

[@thivyaprasad1414]

#There were like 10 car models to choose from # women Names were very common , often biblical #Marrying twice is very common

[@Rien--]

Le personality xd

[@mkdustan]

A video about genes and personality/acts... this is going to be used in a racist way if it goes anywhere.... Yikes....

[@accountwithnocontent4464]

No

[@Fely521]

It's neuroplasticity, with an L

[@JjHopp_]

Can anyone site the sources of their claims on here ? lol

[@alexjohnson7882]

Im early ish !

[@osse1n]

*NATURE always trumps NURTURE* - one way or another

[@ibraheemalma]

i turned off the video when he started talking about evolution.

[@veramanifests]

Brainwashed

[@SHDEdits]

So you clicked off the video when he started talking about science. Nice

[@ibraheemalma]

@@SHDEdits i guess you mean pseudoscience

[@SHDEdits]

@@ibraheemalma What's your argument that evolution is a pseudoscience?

[@Danuxsy]

@@ibraheemalma epigenetics is not a pseudoscience, gene therapies are not pseudescience... it's the real world. You know what people will care the most about in the future? their epigenetic makeup (which defines who the machine becomes, the quality of life, etc...)