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 …showed first 75 words of 1304 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1304 total…who try to pave their way in life. Youngest children are the rebellious attention craving member of the family. As important as a child’s birth order is, it is only an influence, not a final fact of life forever set in cement and unchangeable as far as how the child will turn out. Our society is made up of each of these different personalities molding together to form an interrelated dependable predictor of behavior.