How are we shaped?

[immense]

Personality wise. Do you think it's innate or more to do with surrounding and upbringing?

[Panda]

both i think. i mean you can have siblings that have a completely different personality to you even though they've been brought up in pretty much the exact same environment, but they can still have opinion/moral similarities. i believe you're born with a certain kind of nature.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I think (again) genetics can shape your personality to an extent - thats not to say its set in stone.

[Special]

absoulutely. if you're born into a religious family then you're more likeley to be withdrawn/quite/mature however if you're born into a more liveley family then you're going to be lively/outgoing/bubbly.

it's also proven that if your parents don't work then chances are you won't

[wixard]

absoulutely. if you're born into a religious family then you're more likeley to be withdrawn/quite/mature however if you're born into a more liveley family then you're going to be lively/outgoing/bubbly.

it's also proven that if your parents don't work then chances are you won't

where are you getting your last bit of info from.....

[immense]

I think it's both too. Some things you're born with will make you different anyway, if you're born into a devout Christian family the chances are you will conform to this and then being a Christian defines you. Wait, that's not innate lol.

[Mathew]

I think your personality is definitely down to your environment. I think everyone is born equal but once they step foot into the world; a family, a setting or an environment - then all your opinions and morals start forming to shape you.

[myke]

a mix of both.
but mostly swaying towards the upbringing and stuff, studied it in psychology.
some people are really primal and thats like evolution and then other stuff is the upbringing

[Inseriousity.]

I think your personality is definitely down to your environment. I think everyone is born equal but once they step foot into the world; a family, a setting or an environment - then all your opinions and morals start forming to shape you.

This really. Arrive as a blank slate and then you eventually grow into the person you are today.

[Conservative,]

Both. I think your personality is influenced by those around you but in the end you are your own person and therefore you could be born into a family of criminals and become a priest. It depends. But you are certainly influenced by your surroundings.