EDUCATION (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -’Heredity and Environment’ are complementary in determining individual differences as: all the mental and social traits depend on the environment. all the potential inputs for growth and development depend on heredity. all the inborn traits, instincts, potentials, and I. Q.

Detailed explanation-2: -Heredity is determined by genes, chromosomes and cytoplasm. Environment is determined by family, school neighbourhood and place of work. Individual differences are generally measured through psychological tests such as intelligence or personality.

Detailed explanation-3: -Heredity and the environment interact when they produce their effect on an organism. This means that the way genes act depends on the environment in which they act (whether they are expressed or not). In the same way, the effects on the environment depend on the genes with which they work for a given organism.

Detailed explanation-4: -In some situations, genes play a larger role in determining your behavior; in other situations, environment plays a larger role in influencing your behavior. If you had a whole different set of experiences over your lifetime your genes may be expressed in different ways, and you may behave differently than you do now.

Detailed explanation-5: -Environment brings individual differences in behaviour, activities, attitude, and style of life characteristics. Personality etc. Environment does not refer only physical surroundings but also it refers the different types of people, society, their culture, customs, traditions, social heritage, ideas and ideals.