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Nice People Are Born Not Bred
Thursday 12th April 2012 | Osh
Researchers claim that “selfish and tight- fisted” humans might be able to blame their genes, because the study found that some people are born with generous genes that incline them towards niceness.
Therefore this suggests that kindness is not just envoked by good examples set by parents.
Participants were asked questions about their attitudes towards civic duty, such as whether people have a moral duty to report a crime, whether the world is generally a good or bad place, and about their charitable activities like giving blood or going to PTA meetings.
Of those surveyed, DNA samples were taken to show what form they have of certain receptors called oxytocin and vasopressin.
Prof. Michel Poulin of Buffalo University said that genes predict behaviour, in combination with people’s experiences and feelings about the world.
“So if one of your neighbours seems really generous, caring, civic- minded kind of person, while another seems more selfish- tight- fisted and not as interested in pitching in, their DNA may help explain why one of them is nicer than the other.”
