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Strategy Contributors. Chelsea Greenwood. Siblings often have different personalities, and their places in the birth order may be partially responsible. First-born kids tend to be leaders, like CEOS and founders, and are more likely to achieve traditional success. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.
But before we chosen ones let this study go to our heads, Bu points out that the effect is probably more due to nurture than nature. For me, I tend to lean towards the theory that parental investment is possibly at work here. In characteristic fashion, she added, "I'm the firstborn, of course. That is why I'm doing a PhD. Oldest children naturally get a period of exclusive attention simply by being first.
The extra attention may translate into greater intelligence. In a study , for example, firstborns scored about three points higher on IQ tests than their younger siblings. Birth order expert and visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley, Frank Sulloway has proposed that siblings compete for parental favor and investment by adopting different roles within the family. If the firstborn is the brain, the second child may be the sporty one or the actress.
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