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Nurturing Inherited Traits

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Some scholars hypothesize that perfect pitch is an inherited trait that must be nurtured and developed in order to survive.

What other perceptual abilities may have an inherited and a learned component?

Please provide three or four examples with explanation as to why.

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This solution describes four specific traits that are genetically inherited but must be nurtured in order to survive in an individual.

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Propensity to learn another language/multilingualism: a child may be born with a natural proclivity to acquire multiple languages, but if they are only exposed to English they will never become bilingual or multilingual.

Hand-Eye coordination: an individual may ...

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