Personality seems to be constructed by nature and nurture cooperating together. Although genetics cannot be changed, and genetic material is protected from outside influences, gene expression allows neural structures to be distinct (Fine, 2010, P.177). What genes we get cannot be chosen, nor changed. However, what genes we use and when we use them can be chosen according to what is happening around us and them. This is called gene activity. What we think, learn, and sense can directly change our neural structure. Our environment, behaviour and thought process can change what genes we express. But gene activity is different; the genes utilised depend on what is happening. The circuits of the brain are a product of your physical, social, and
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Progesterone, for example, is a female growth and bonding-hormone. As a bonding hormone, it can cause a child to have maternal instincts due to their mother-child relationship, which parts in shaping their personality. Males' growth hormone is testosterone; it is partly their aggression hormone that causes them to be more aggressive than females (Hodgins, n.d.). Interestingly, both of the sexes secrete serotonin in their brain. However, the female brain secretes more serotonin than the male brain does. This low serotonin secretion causes the males to be impulsive and fidgety. Oxytocin is another hormone that both the sexes own. However, females stimulate it several times more constantly than males, enabling them to be emphatic to others immediately. Female brains have also been found to mature earlier than male brains. These genetic differences in their brains, as stated by Hodgins (n.d, P.6), may also enable them to connect to others of their own sex. They may go to groups they can most relate to and can discuss about their differences. This can create relationships that allow male to male, and female to female personality influences. With the influences of both nature and nurture, the personalities of males and females are caused by both of them cooperating
Progesterone, for example, is a female growth and bonding-hormone. As a bonding hormone, it can cause a child to have maternal instincts due to their mother-child relationship, which parts in shaping their personality. Males' growth hormone is testosterone; it is partly their aggression hormone that causes them to be more aggressive than females (Hodgins, n.d.). Interestingly, both of the sexes secrete serotonin in their brain. However, the female brain secretes more serotonin than the male brain does. This low serotonin secretion causes the males to be impulsive and fidgety. Oxytocin is another hormone that both the sexes own. However, females stimulate it several times more constantly than males, enabling them to be emphatic to others immediately. Female brains have also been found to mature earlier than male brains. These genetic differences in their brains, as stated by Hodgins (n.d, P.6), may also enable them to connect to others of their own sex. They may go to groups they can most relate to and can discuss about their differences. This can create relationships that allow male to male, and female to female personality influences. With the influences of both nature and nurture, the personalities of males and females are caused by both of them cooperating