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The Impact of Birth Order on Personality and Behavior
TLDR Birth order can influence personality traits and behavior by affecting the amount of parental attention and resources each child receives. However, birth order effects can be influenced by other factors such as socioeconomic background, race, and gender.
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Birth order can have an effect on personality and is influenced by the amount of parental attention each child receives.
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Birth order can influence the amount of parental attention and resources each child receives, which can impact their personality traits and behavior.
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Birth order can be complicated in blended families, as it can disrupt the established hierarchy and cause trauma for the children involved, especially if they lose their identified position in the family.
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Birth order can form a new family hierarchy when there is a significant age gap between siblings, and twins always act like the firstborn or the baby to each other.
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Birth order is seen as a position of superiority or inferiority in a family, with older siblings being perceived as superior and having power over younger siblings, but birth order effects may be influenced by other factors such as socioeconomic background, race, and gender.
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Birth order effects can be confounded by factors such as demographic shifts and the subject's relationship with their siblings, but when a birth order effect does appear, it is strongest when the subject is with their siblings and can influence their personality and behavior.
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Birth order effects can be learned and reinforced, but they can also be unlearned and changed.
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The book "Born to Rebel" by Frank J. Solaway suggests that first-borns are more likely to support the status quo, while second-borns or later-borns are more likely to support revolutionary thinking.
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Multiple studies have found that each successive boy born into a family has a higher chance of being gay, with an increase of 33% in likelihood for each additional older brother, although there are some studies that have not found this effect.
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Taking birth order out of the equation, being left-handed is associated with a slightly higher incidence of being gay, which suggests that social pressure from older brothers does not play a role in sexual orientation.
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