Of the early studies that seemed to show birth order mattered, most failed to recognize how other factors could confuse the issue.

 

Take famil size: Plenty of surverys showed that eldest children were overrepresented among high achievers.

 

However, that really says less about being a firstborn than about not having many siblings, or any at all.

 

After all, any group of ristborns is going to include a disproportionate number of childen from small families, since every family has a firstborn but fewer have a fourthborn.

 

Most experts now believe that postion in the family means little when taken out of the context of everything going on in a particular household- whether sibling rivalry is promoted or discouraged, fo instance.

 

Parents who belive that firstborns are more capable or deserving may treat them differently, thus setting up a self-fulfilling prophecy.

 

Concept for today4라는 책의 the birth-order myth중 한 문단인데요.

 

첫문장부터 문장분석이 잘안되면서 뒤로가면갈수록 더 애매해지더라구용.

 

능력자님들 해석좀 ㅠㅠ 내일 시험이에요 ㅋㅋㅋ