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Re:Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office by CryptoPunk on Thursday February 28, 2019 @08:03PM (#19277081)
It means having two X chromosomes is associated with particular behavioral traits, just as it's associated with physiological traits.
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Re:Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office by YeGoblynQueenne on Friday March 01, 2019 @03:09AM (#19278736)
I don't understand what you mean by "associated". How are chromosomes associated with behaviour?

Also, what are "behavioural traits"? Is picking one's nose a "behavioual trait", for example? Is that associated with one's chromosomes?

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Re:Why Girls Beat Boys at School and Lose to Them at the Office by CryptoPunk on Sunday March 03, 2019 @04:38PM (#19297089)
Associated means correlated with.. I gave you an analogy of chromosomes being associated with physical traits.

>>How are chromosomes associated with behaviour?

The same way they're associated with physiological traits. Personality traits are not all learned. There is a large genetic effect on behaviour. There is plenty of scientific evidence for this.

>>Is picking one's nose a "behavioual trait", for example?

How am I supposed to know that? Why would any researcher conduct a study to uncover that?

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