Question

One research study found that boys who inherit one variation of the maoa gene, and girls who inherit a different variation of the same gene, are more likely to engage in ______ behavior as adolescents, but only if they were exposed to ______ as children.

Answer 1

The correct answers is delinquent behavior only if they are exposed to maltreatement as children. So far we know that the genetic inheritance shapes only 49% of our behavior, where the rest is shaped by our upbringing and society. Some genes that we inherited do not have to be expressed if the circumstances do not allow it.