follow-up to yesterday

[novapsyche]

Personality Traits Linked To Birth Order

Adlerian Overview of Birth Order Characteristics

Birth Order and Education

Birth Order May Affect Personality, Lifestyle

Comments

[aiela.livejournal.com]

I always read this stuff, and then realize that a lot of it doesn't apply to me. I am the youngest, but after the age of 5, was raised as an only child. I have a lot of the "baby" personality stuff from being treated that way by my non custodial mother, but I have a lot of the "oldest" and "only" traits because my father raised me as an only.

But it's really fascinating stuff.

[chai-tease.livejournal.com]

i always love reading birth order stuff, because it always feels like it doesnt apply to me, somehow. while i am the last born, i am the last born of a large family. i never firt the "social and outgoing" thing that everyone slaps on the baby. they also say kids from larger families are more sociable. that is true of my older siblings, but my sister diana, who is 3 years older, and i, are not at all. guess it has to do with the 2 girls after 4 boys thing maybe. nor the spoiled and gets away with murder. i was held accountable, and wouldnt have been homeless @ 15 if i got away with murder. i also am amused by the education thing, as i have a higher degree of education, as well as just as devloped vocab as my eldest sibling. why? she freeking raised me. she is 17 years older then me, and if you know the 2 of us well, we have SO MANY habits and personality traits alike it isnt funny.

i always wonder what my brothers and sisters fit into. i mean, we have a definate "middle" child, and he shows it. but what about kid number 3? kid number 5 and 6? what is their personality screw up?

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I don't fit "sociable and outgoing," either. Historically I've been shy and withdrawn. It's only since I've gotten older and have acquired the outlook of not caring what other people think that I've become relatively sociable.

I think that because of the stereotype from the '50s (nuclear family must have 2.3 children), birth order studies have focused on the 3-child family. I don't know much about larger families.

[cabell.livejournal.com]

While birth order analysis is certainly still popular, social psych research in recent decades has mostly not supported its claims. I still find it interesting, but I don't take it that seriously.

[novapsyche.livejournal.com]

I find it interesting, too. I'm not putting too much stock into it but, like astrology, it's fun to look at sometimes.

[stampytherhino.livejournal.com]

"The last born is the one who will probably still have a pet name although he's 29 and has a masters degree," Leman says.

Make that 26, beetches. Hi! I'm Johnny! I'll have a masters in May! Aren't I so darn adorable?

Meanwhile, Adler's a psychodynamicist, so beware falling tautologies. "Either he will be happy with the role or he'll be unhappy." Well, um, possibly.

But what I always thought Adler was useful for is to see what might be an emphasized axis: for instance, a "ghost child" might be concerned with an idealized memory of their older, passed sibling.

Or maybe she won't. I mean, dude, Adler. He so craaaaaaa-vee.

[pgdudda.livejournal.com]

*gigglesnort* Those birth-order things are (mostly) hogwash.

My brother (eldest of 2) is the underachiever; I (youngest of 2) am the overachiever. We're both introverts, but my brother is the most "extraverted" person in our family. I could go on and on... but I'll spare you the torture. ;-P