Predisposition is the capacity humans are born with to learn things such as language and concept of self.
In 1951, Hans Eysenck and Donald Prell published an experiment in which identical (monozygotic) and fraternal (dizygotic) twins, ages 11 and 12, were tested for neuroticism.
It is described in detail in an article published in the Journal of Mental Science in which Eysenck and Prell concluded that, "The factor of neuroticism is not a statistical artifact, but constitutes a biological unit which is inherited as a whole....neurotic Genetic predisposition is to a large extent hereditarily determined.
The field of evolutionary psychology explores the idea that certain behaviors have been selected for during the course of evolution.
In the United States, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on May 21, 2008,[3] prohibits discrimination in employment and health insurance based on genetic information.