7 pages: Birth Order, Research 1

http://paultrapnell.com/reprints/birthorder_psysci99.pdf
This report is about numerous amounts of experiments done to determine how birth order affects a child's personality. In the first 2 tests, students were told to write the order of boys and girls in their family, from oldest to youngest, then circle the 'over-achiever' in the family and the most rebellious child of the family and the results show that the majority of over-achievers were the oldest child and the majority of rebels in the family were the youngest. The next 2 tests had the same beginning but rather than circling the most rebellious and achieving, they had to rate those 2 characteristics in addition to others such as agreeableness conscientiousness, and creativity in regards to their siblings. The researchers found that first born was most likely to be conscientious and over achieving while last born was more likely to be agreeable, creative, and rebellious.