How Your Personality Influences Your HabitsThe first place we will look for an answer is by understanding your personality.How Your Personality Influences Your HabitsYour genes are operating beneath the surface of every habit.Indeed, beneath the surface of every behavior.Genes have been shown to influence everything from the number of hours you spend watching television to your likelihood to marry or divorce to your tendency to get addicted to drugs, alcohol, or nicotine.There's a strong genetic component to how obedient or rebellious you are when facing authority, how vulnerable or resistant you are to stressful events, how proactive or reactive you tend to be, and even how captivated or bored you feel during sensory experiences like attending a concert.As Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist at King's College in London, told me, "It is now at the point where we have stopped testing to see if traits have a genetic component because we literally can't find a single one that isn't influenced by our genes."Bundled together, your unique cluster of genetic traits predispose you to a particular personality.Your personality is the set of characteristics that is consistent from situation to situation.The most proven scientific analysis of personality traits is known as the "Big Five," which breaks them down into five spectrums of behavior.1.Openness to experience: from curious and inventive on one end to cautious and consistent on the other.2.Conscientiousness: organized and efficient to easygoing and spontaneous.3.Extroversion: outgoing and energetic to solitary and reserved (you likely know them as extroverts vs. introverts).4.Agreeableness: friendly and compassionate to challenging and detached.5.Neuroticism: anxious and sensitive to confident, calm, and stable.All five characteristics have biological underpinnings.Extroversion, for instance, can be tracked from birth.If scientists play a loud noise in the nursing ward, some babies turn toward it while others turn away.When the researchers tracked these children through life, they found that the babies who turned toward the noise were more likely to grow up to be extroverts.Those who turned away were more likely to become introverts.People who are high in agreeableness are kind, considerate, and warm.
Genes have been shown to influence everything from the number of hours you spend watching television to your likelihood to marry or divorce to your tendency to get addicted to drugs, alcohol, or nicotine.
Ex: Genes have been shown to influence everything from the number of hours you spend watching television to your likelihood to marry or divorce to your...
Ex: Genes have been shown to influence everything from the number of hours you spend watching television to your likelihood to marry or divorce to your...
There's a strong genetic component to how obedient or rebellious you are when facing authority, how vulnerable or resistant you are to stressful events, how proactive or reactive you tend to be, and even how captivated or bored you feel during sensory experiences like attending a concert.
Ex: There's a strong genetic component to how obedient or rebellious you are when facing authority, how vulnerable or resistant you are to stressful ev...
Ex: There's a strong genetic component to how obedient or rebellious you are when facing authority, how vulnerable or resistant you are to stressful ev...
As Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist at King's College in London, told me, "It is now at the point where we have stopped testing to see if traits have a genetic component because we literally can't find a single one that isn't influenced by our genes."
Ex: As Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist at King's College in London, told me, "It is now at the point where we have stopped testing to see if tra...
Ex: As Robert Plomin, a behavioral geneticist at King's College in London, told me, "It is now at the point where we have stopped testing to see if tra...
When the researchers tracked these children through life, they found that the babies who turned toward the noise were more likely to grow up to be extroverts.
当研究人员跟踪这些孩子的一生时,他们发现那些转向噪音的婴儿长大后更有可能变得外向。
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Ex: When the researchers tracked these children through life, they found that the babies who turned toward the noise were more likely to grow up to be...
Ex: When the researchers tracked these children through life, they found that the babies who turned toward the noise were more likely to grow up to be...