Birth_Order_and_Effects_on_Personlality

Birth Order and Effects on Personlality Birth Order and the Effects on Personality The psychological effects on personality resulting from birth order have been studied for over a century and psychologists have recorded many fascinating results. “First borns are reported to be more responsible and achievement oriented then later-borns, who are in turn reported to be more socially successful than their older siblings” (Sulloway p. 55). First borns deal with pressure from their parents to be the exceptionally better at everything. “Brand-new parents tend to be a paradox when it comes to their first born child. One side of them is overprotective, anxious, tentative, and inconsistent. The other side can be strict in discipline, demanding, always pushing and encouraging more and better performance” (Leman p. 62). Personality although not completely dependent on birth order relies heavily on which order one was born in. Birth order effects are a result of a competition among siblings as they fight for family prominence. Alfred Alder worked extensively with the effects of birth order on personality. He said that the firstborn child was “dethroned” by the birth of the latter child. As Alder reasoned “Sometimes a child who has lost his power, the small kingdom he ruled, understands better than others the importance of power and authority” (Sulloway p. 55.). “It is natural for firstborns to identify child, order, first, children, born, birth, borns, often, family, being, become, alder, others, one, last, because, attention, york, sulloway, siblings, rebellious, power, personality, out, new, leman, effects, dependent, competition, youngest, way, turn, second, over, much, mother, life, later, firstborns, feelings, deal, better, they, ‘baby’s’, wilson, try, tend, suffer, successful, stimulated