Intelligence: hereditary or acquired? Is intelligence determined primary by heredity or by the environment? This issue has aroused intense debates because many believe it has a little bit of both, but to what extent? The ones that believe that believe that every person is born with a fixed amount of intelligence argue that there is little one can do to improve intelligence, so special education programs should not be expected to produce an increase in …showed first 75 words of 623 total…

…showed last 75 words of 623 total…to 80% hereditary then there is no doubt that it plays an important role. The other part is definitely affected by the environmental factors that surround you. No one is born without intelligence; there is just diversity in their capacities. It is up to every person to develop this potential to the most, always knowing that you can benefit from positive environmental factors. So agreeing with most scientists, intelligence is a mixture of nature vs. nurture.