Psychogenetics studies the interaction of heredity and environment factors in the formation of individual differences in psychological and psychophysiological characteristics. The question of what influences mental development to a greater extent -heredity or environment -has caused numerous controversies and clashes of opinions in the history of "human history". The authors of the article pay special attention to the role of genetic factors in the formation of intelligence, temperament, a number of psychophysiological functions, the study of genotype-environmental relationships, as well as the relative role of heredity and environment in the formation of behavioral reactions.
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