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[[File:Is he cute, or just very tall.png|thumb|right|A woman realizing that personality is only a spook.]] | [[File:Is he cute, or just very tall.png|thumb|right|A woman realizing that personality is only a spook.]] | ||
'''Personality''' refers to relatively stable individual behavioral propensities, i.e. the phenomenon that people tend to act in idiosyncratic | '''Personality''' refers to relatively stable individual behavioral propensities, i.e. the phenomenon that people tend to predictably act in certain idiosyncratic manner. | ||
About 35%-60% of variation in personality traits is determined by genes, with some traits being more genetically heritable than others.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276922271_Meta-analysis_of_the_heritability_of_human_traits_based_on_fifty_years_of_twin_studies</ref> For many traits, the environmental causes are very unpredictable, almost random.<ref>https://www.coursera.org/lecture/behavioralgenetics/7a-shared-versus-non-shared-environment-distinction-Vjh21</ref> | About 35%-60% of variation in personality traits is determined by genes, with some traits being more genetically heritable than others.<ref>https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276922271_Meta-analysis_of_the_heritability_of_human_traits_based_on_fifty_years_of_twin_studies</ref> For many traits, the environmental causes are very unpredictable, almost random.<ref>https://www.coursera.org/lecture/behavioralgenetics/7a-shared-versus-non-shared-environment-distinction-Vjh21</ref> | ||
This is evidenced by adoptive, non-related children reared together being almost as different as two individuals randomly chosen from the population.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147063/pdf/dyq148.pdf</ref> | This is evidenced by adoptive, non-related children reared together being almost as different as two individuals randomly chosen from the population.<ref>https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3147063/pdf/dyq148.pdf</ref> | ||