Many Human Behavioral Traits Have Both Genetic and Environmental Components

question 20

Essay

Many human behavioral traits have both genetic and environmental components. Bipolar disorder has long been known to be familial, and more recently a number of genes and/or SNPs have been found to be involved. What are three or more reasons that this research has been hampered?

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Definitions:

G. Stanley Hall

An influential American psychologist and educator best known for his work in developmental psychology and education.

Biological Maturation

The natural process by which organisms grow and develop, guided by genetic factors and largely independent of external influences.

Freud

Refers to Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Id, Ego, Superego

Components of the human psyche in Freudian psychoanalytic theory, with the id being instinctual desires, the ego the realistic mediator, and the superego the moral conscience.