PSY 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Near-Death Experience, Not A Bad Thing, Birth Order

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 325
• Professor: Oren Amitay

Document Summary

Firstborn children: often considered the special child by the family, especially if a male child, firstborns enjoy their number-one ranking but often fear dethronement by the birth of a second child. Firstborns work hard at pleasing their parents: they are likely to be conforming achievers, defenders of the faith, introverted, and well behaved. Second-born children may be those extroverted, creative, free-thinking spirits that nasa was trying to avoid. In fact, second-born children may be the family rebels. Some of the idiosyncrasies common to the middle-child position may affect second-born children. Pace-setting standard-bearers in front and the pursuers in the rear. Youngest children: often referred to as prince or princess charming, teeter-totter effect. I(cid:374) (cid:272)li(cid:374)i(cid:272)al ps(cid:455)(cid:272)h the(cid:455) use a diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t app(cid:396)oa(cid:272)h: mcmi. Skinner box: daughter was not raised in a skinner box, no she did(cid:374)"t sue he(cid:396) fathe(cid:396), kill he(cid:396)self, o(cid:396) go (cid:272)(cid:396)az(cid:455, believed in the desire of free will. Watson: u(cid:374)ethi(cid:272)al sleepi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith his (cid:396)esea(cid:396)(cid:272)h assista(cid:374)t (cid:272)heati(cid:374)g o(cid:374) his (cid:449)ife.