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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> | ||
Such results suggest shared factors, that is factors explaining personality that are shared by siblings or twins like parenting style, social economic standing of the family, presence of environmental toxins, diet etc. to have a very minor effect on personality. | Such results suggest shared factors, that is factors explaining personality that are shared by siblings or twins like parenting style, social economic standing of the family, presence of environmental toxins, diet etc. to have a very minor effect on personality. | ||
This leaves the bulk of non-genetic variance in personality to be explained by nonshared factors like peers | This leaves the bulk of non-genetic variance in personality to be explained by nonshared factors like peers, imitation of role models, school environment, selective parenting styles, individual experiences, accidents and abuse, however, no reliable causal factors have been identified as of yet, and individual "traumatic" experiences likely also only play a minor role as they have a very minor effect on adult psychological functioning (see [[antifragility]]). | ||
[[Beauty|Physical attractiveness]] is slightly related to various positive personality traits like agreeableness (r < .11),<ref>Dunkel, C. S., Nedelec, J. L., van der Linden, D., & Marshall, R. L. (2016). Physical Attractiveness and the General Factor of Personality. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3(3), 185–197. doi:10.1007/s40750-016-0055-7</ref> | [[Beauty|Physical attractiveness]] is slightly related to various positive personality traits like agreeableness (r < .11),<ref>Dunkel, C. S., Nedelec, J. L., van der Linden, D., & Marshall, R. L. (2016). Physical Attractiveness and the General Factor of Personality. Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 3(3), 185–197. doi:10.1007/s40750-016-0055-7</ref> | ||