well, in my experience, birds of a feather flock together, right? so usually your friends are similar to you because thats why you are friends right? like high school cliques. most people just congregate to the group of people they best mesh with and usually that seems to be the out come, although not always. but mostly it would just seem that way because of common stereotyping. you see, a group of nerds or cheerleaders may appear to be very much the same in both looks and personality but really, it is only a common int...

well, in my experience, birds of a feather flock together, right? so usually your friends are similar to you because thats why you are friends right? like high school cliques. most people just congregate to the group of people they best mesh with and usually that seems to be the out come, although not always. but mostly it would just seem that way because of common stereotyping. you see, a group of nerds or cheerleaders may appear to be very much the same in both looks and personality but really, it is only a common interest that they share as opposed to an entire personality. really, as individuals, each person is actually quite different. so to answer your question, i would have to say no, i don't think that is the case.

no

Not really. Since I have a twins and they do have very different personalities.

In this case, the question is: How similar are people’s personalities to those of their own spouses or close friends, and why? So first, the researchers had to find out just how similar people were. But while this question seems easy to answer on an everyday level (“Zack and Jen are a lot alike...

Not really. Since I have a twins and they do have very different personalities.

In this case, the question is: How similar are people’s personalities to those of their own spouses or close friends, and why? So first, the researchers had to find out just how similar people were. But while this question seems easy to answer on an everyday level (“Zack and Jen are a lot alike”), it’s hard to measure scientifically. What exactly do you measure, anyway? How do you measure it?

In this case, the researchers used a detailed questionnaire about personality and beliefs as their yardstick. They asked sets of twins – some identical, some fraternal – to fill them out, and also asked the twins’ spouses and best friends to do the same. Not surprisingly, they found that identical twins were more similar to each other than to anybody else. Identical twins share the exact same DNA, and it’s well known that they not only look alike, but also have similar personality traits, and even share similar preferences in food, clothes, music, hobbies, and so forth.

But when the researchers looked at pairs of spouses and best friends, they found that they were about as similar to each other as pairs of fraternal twins. Again, it’s not surprising that fraternal twins would be similar: they share half their DNA, like any pair of ordinary siblings, and they’re also usually raised in the same home, attend the same schools, and so forth. But spouses and best friends aren’t related at all, and might come from many different backgrounds. So why are they so similar?

One possible answer is that we choose people who are like ourselves based on environmental factors, like culture, family, education, or religion. In other words, we’re taught, through our upbringing, who to make friends with and who to marry. While this may be true to some extent, the study suggests that there’s more to it than that.

Here’s why: It turns out that some aspects of our personality are more heritable – in other words, influenced by our genes – than others. It’s not necessarily what you would expect, either: for example, enjoying reading is more heritable than wanting to travel the world alone.

Looking at the people in their study, they found that the more heritable a personality trait is, the more likely that a husband and wife (or pair of best friends) would share it. That suggests that we seek out our partners based more on genetically determined personality traits than environmentally determined personality traits. But how is this possible, when we ourselves don’t know – at least consciously – which traits are more genetically influenced and which are less so? And what is the advantage of this?

The answers to these questions remain uncertain. Dr. Rushton believes it may relate to kin selection in other animals. Most animals can recognize their own family members and are more likely to help them, or sacrifice for them, than for unrelated animals. One possible explanation is that by helping relatives with similar genes, one’s own genes are more likely to survive to the next generation. Perhaps that’s why we choose people who are genetically like ourselves to protect, defend, and have families with.

No way, there's a lot of genetics involved, also the kind of childhood you had, your role models and your unique kind of frustration/gratification scenario. If I look like a punk, there's a big breach between what I look like and the same amount of experience a genetics within another punk. It's hardly to say that both would think the same, say the same and imagine "...the same in more than 2 aspects of our lifes in a permanent way along the time" (DSM IV Criteria for personality)
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No way, there's a lot of genetics involved, also the kind of childhood you had, your role models and your unique kind of frustration/gratification scenario. If I look like a punk, there's a big breach between what I look like and the same amount of experience a genetics within another punk. It's hardly to say that both would think the same, say the same and imagine "...the same in more than 2 aspects of our lifes in a permanent way along the time" (DSM IV Criteria for personality)

J.P. Goffard

Psychologist

nooooooooooo

I think everyone has there own personality but the longer u hang out with someone u start to act the same and think the same. But that doesnt mean that u always think the same about everything. Some things may be similar it just depends.

NO!!!!!!!!!

no everyone is specail