Birth Order Psychology - 1 views
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five major birth order positions: only, oldest, second, middle, and youngest child
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. Each one of these had its own personality traits, ingrained psychological issues, and effects later in life.
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only child
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difficulty sharing with peers, prefers adult company, and uses adult language
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oldest child
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authoritarian and feel power is their right but can become helpful if encouraged.
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lpful if en
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turn to the father for reassurance after the birth of the next child.
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second child
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overtake the older child, which leads to rivalry.
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more competitive
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rebel or try to outdo everyone
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the middle child may be even-tempered, assuming a “take it or leave it” attitude
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trouble finding a place and thus become a fighter of injustice
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youngest is frequently spoiled and may never be dethroned of their place as the baby of the family
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ig plans fueled by the desire to outdo the others
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Adler did document exceptions
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birth order is sometimes not a major influence on personality development and that the child's opinion of himself and his situation determines his choice of attitude
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mélange of two distinct sciences: sociology and psychology
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Like all sciences, social psychology searches for concrete proof before belief
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“the biologizing of human beings is not only bad humanism, but also bad science.”
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study at Ohio State University conducted in the winter of 2001 showed that birth order affects career interests. In the Journal of Career Assessment, researchers noted that only children and first born children tended to have more cognitive and analytical interests, while those later-born were more artistic and outdoors oriented.
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twenty-five types of marriages according to birth order
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most common marital relationship is between an only child and a second child, and it has a fairly high rate of success, while first born-first born relationships seem to rarely happen. Firstborns are less likely to connect romantically.
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seems to have no scientific proof
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influence of being the first born of a specific gender, the influence of changing family dynamics, and the potential for methodical pitfalls in birth order research interest not only studies on birth order, but the research of many other social trends.