William RiveraPsychologyProfessor FleetApril 10, 2014Correlation Between Birth Order and Individual TraitsEvery human being is born with a unique set of characteristics that sets them apart from others. For example, a person's fingerprints or DNA. No two humans are exactly alike, even identical twins differ in physical characteristics. People also differ in other traits like personality. Various personality traits have attracted the interest of many psychologists since the turn of the century. More specifically, birth order has been the source of much debate. It is already believed that there is a direct correlation between birth order and a person's personality, but it is not known which traits it affects. Birth order affects traits such as maturity, intelligence, and even growth. Everyone is affected by birth order, which requires us to accept that your family has a major impact on who you become. It doesn't matter if you're an only child or one of many siblings, because everyone has a birth order. For example, I have a younger brother who told me that he is known at school as my “little brother” even though he is already taller than me. This shows that there will always be a perception of each person's "place" in the family's birth order. Unfortunately, you cannot control your birth date, leaving you vulnerable to these perceptions. Even if you notice it or not, birth order will affect your personality and other traits. Birth order and how it affects a person's traits was first examined by Alfred Adler. Alfred Adler came to the conclusion that birth order greatly affects personality traits. It affects how people react to different stimuli and situations. The eldest child tends to be the most confident and independent when he or she is in the middle of the paper after the birth of the sibling before him or her. Given the huge gap, the youngest sibling may play the role of the firstborn. This means that he may have characteristic features that resemble the firstborn and lastborn. Another problem associated with birth order is intergenerational parenting. This theory states that the behavior shown by parents when treating their children will be observed later when a new generation of children are born. From 1975 to 2010, RB Zajonc conducted a study to discover the correlation between the effect of family size and personality traits manifested in children. It concluded that the larger the family, the more likely children are to exhibit immature behaviors and lower intellectual abilities compared to children from smaller families. This begs the question: “Is this a reason why parents are having fewer children ??”