is it due to environment or genes?

Posted by kidglove on June 27, 2007 · 2 Comments

“The way we think may be influenced by the quality of “fuel” we feed to our system”

Many people believe that intelligence is hereditary in nature. Others would argue that intelligence is nurtured over the years. What is this so called, “intelligence”? Intelligence is a property of mind that encompasses many related activities, such as the capacities to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language, and learn.

When a child is intelligent, others would probably say that the child has received good genes from their parents. There seems to be a correlation between IQ and genes. This holds true even with dogs. Dogs like Golden Retriever, German Shepherd, etc. have higher intelligence as compared to unknown cross-breed dogs which are commonly found in the streets. In the BBC featured article on Genius of genes, there is a part of the human genome which involved in developing the person’s intelligence. This means that researchers believe the genetic influences affect person’s intelligence quotient. Infact, a team of scientists led by School of Medicine psychiatric geneticists confirmed a link between a gene CHRM2 and performance IQ, which involves a person’s ability to organize things.

On the other hand, many people argue that intelligence can be nurtured.

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