The first-born and younger - too different

Families with children of different ages often have problems and conflicts. Psychologists say that the reason for this - in the characters of the first-born and younger children.

The researchers noted certain regularities in   child development   of different ages. In particular, they argue that the first-born smarter and intellectually more advanced younger brothers and sisters. Yet younger children score higher on others!

The study's lead author Dr. Tiffany L. Frank of Adelphi University (Long Island, NY) and her colleagues studied 90 pairs of brothers and sisters. The subjects were asked to compare their estimates with brothers and sisters in work, school and other spheres of life. Then, the information received from the participants was tested on data from schools, universities, etc. Wires and other tests.

Experiments have shown,   younger children more open in communicating sentimental, know how to forgive, open to new experiences. In firstborn higher rates of development of intelligence. They are distinguished by perfectionism and the desire of all to achieve a perfect result.

Results of the study were presented at the 118th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association.

Psychology

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