Post #15

"Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter." -Mark Twain

Chapter 14, lightly touches on the idea of our birth orders playing a part in our personalities and the traits we possess. This I thought was odd, because last year in my regular psychology class we talked for a few days on just this topic alone. Also, when I was younger I can remember taking a personality test which correlated with the birth order, and it did match fairly well. 

Just a quick Google search tonight turned up many articles and examples of birth order traits. For example I compared a CBS article to my being the oldest child. CBS said that I am a perfectionist, typically aggressive,   people pleasers, hate surprises, and are reliable. These assumptions fit me to a T, aside from the being aggressive. But I am aggressive in the sens of taking charge, just not physically. 

The book said this theory, is hard to test and replicate, but I find that hard to believe. Because as I previously said, just a quick internet source can pull up thousands of examples and articles of it being proven correct. 

There is not any science behind the theory, it is mainly based off of observation and studies. So in this sense I can understand as to why it is not accepted fully everywhere though it has its merits.