 Have you ever wondered how the birth order affects your personality? In this side-to-go video we will present correlational findings between one's birth order and personality. We will consider three different situations. Let's assume that there are three children in the family, the firstborn, the middleborn and the lastborn. Research shows that the birth order may have impact not only on our personality but also our intelligence or even how religious we are. Let's see what psychologists discovered recently about influence of the birth order. This is John. John is the firstborn child. He has a sister. Her name is Amy. She is the middleborn. John and Amy have a little brother. His name is Max and he is the lastborn in this family. Research shows that the firstborn children have better results in IQ tests and have better grades at school than the other siblings. They are also better leaders. The eldest children tend to be more conscientious and achieve higher goals. What about middleborn children? They are likely to be more open to fantasy and less religious. They were rated higher in impulsivity and less conscientious. Researchers discovered that the middleborn children generally have more problems with cell discipline and achieve less than the first than the lastborn children. The lastborn children are generally more tender-minded, altruistic and warm in nature. Additionally, they were rated higher in trust, compliance with the rules and straight-forwardness. Hey, and what about an only child? When parents have only one child, they can put more time, effort and resources into bringing up their daughter or son. Thus, they will have a higher life satisfaction. Remember that there are debates in this area. Some studies find no significant difference due to birth order. The evidence are all correlational and generalized. It may not apply to everyone. So what do you think? How does the birth order affected you and your friends? Let us know in comments below. Thank you for watching. For more Psy2Go videos, subscribe our channel. This video was made by visualizemyids.com