Choose the statements that are true, according to the article. What is "personality"? Many people define personality as a person’s usual manner or style of behavior. These patterns of behavior tend to be predictable throughout a person’s lifetime. Some people are introverts, others are extraverts. Some people have easygoing personalities: they are usually cheerful and calm and able to cope with life’s difficulties without much trouble. Their emotions are usually under control: they don’t get extremely angry about little things. Some people are more emotional. Most people’s personalities, however, don’t fall at the extreme ends but rather fall somewhere in-between. Where do we get our personality? For hundreds of years, psychologists have been debating this fascinating question. Some people think personality develops as a result of the environment – the combination of influences that we learn from, such as our families, our culture, our friends, and our education. The people who believe in this theory say that babies are not born with a personality and it’s the environment that determines, or forms, each child’s personality. This school of thought is called the “nurture school”. There are people who believe that personality is determined by “nature”, or the characteristics we receive, or “inherit”, from our parents biologically, through their genes. These people believe that personality is not determined by the environment, but rather by genetics and that each baby is born with a personality. The nature-nurture controversy? “The nature-nurture controversy” is a very old issue. Experimental psychologists have tried to discover which of these two factors, genetics, or the environment, is more important in forming our personality. However, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to conduct research on real people with real lives. There’s just no way to put people in a laboratory and watch them develop. For this reason, there’s no scientific way to settle the nature-nurture controversy. Recently, however, most researchers have come to believe that both the environment and the genes - nurture and nature - work together and are both important. Even though the experts have largely discarded the idea that personality development is so black and white, the nature-nurture controversy remains a popular discussion among friends. It seems that everyone has an opinion. A person’s personality is not predictable throughout his or her lifetime. Most people are not total extroverts or total introverts, but somewhere in the middle. People who believe babies are born with their personalities are in the “nurture school”. The nature-nurture controversy has existed for a long time. It’s very easy to conduct research on real people. Environment and genes probably work together to create personality.

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Choose the statements that are true, according to the article.

What is "personality"?
Many people define personality as a person’s usual manner or style of behavior. These patterns of behavior tend to be predictable throughout a person’s lifetime. Some people are introverts, others are extraverts. Some people have easygoing personalities: they are usually cheerful and calm and able to cope with life’s difficulties without much trouble. Their emotions are usually under control: they don’t get extremely angry about little things. Some people are more emotional. Most people’s personalities, however, don’t fall at the extreme ends but rather fall somewhere in-between.
Where do we get our personality?
For hundreds of years, psychologists have been debating this fascinating question. Some people think personality develops as a result of the environment – the combination of influences that we learn from, such as our families, our culture, our friends, and our education. The people who believe in this theory say that babies are not born with a personality and it’s the environment that determines, or forms, each child’s personality. This school of thought is called the “nurture school”.
There are people who believe that personality is determined by “nature”, or the characteristics we receive, or “inherit”, from our parents biologically, through their genes. These people believe that personality is not determined by the environment, but rather by genetics and that each baby is born with a personality.
The nature-nurture controversy?
“The nature-nurture controversy” is a very old issue. Experimental psychologists have tried to discover which of these two factors, genetics, or the environment, is more important in forming our personality. However, it is very difficult, if not impossible, to conduct research on real people with real lives. There’s just no way to put people in a laboratory and watch them develop. For this reason, there’s no scientific way to settle the nature-nurture controversy. Recently, however, most researchers have come to believe that both the environment and the genes - nurture and nature - work together and are both important. Even though the experts have largely discarded the idea that personality development is so black and white, the nature-nurture controversy remains a popular discussion among friends. It seems that everyone has an opinion.

A person’s personality is not predictable throughout his or her lifetime.
Most people are not total extroverts or total introverts, but somewhere in the middle.
People who believe babies are born with their personalities are in the “nurture school”.
The nature-nurture controversy has existed for a long time.
It’s very easy to conduct research on real people.
Environment and genes probably work together to create personality.

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