Beliefs about birth rank and their reflection in reality

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ID6201885
AutoresNicholas C Herrera (Stanford University), Robert B Zajonc, Grazyna Wieczorkowska (University of Warsaw), Bogdan Cichomski (University of Warsaw)
Año2003
Volumen85
Número1
Páginas142-150
Fecha de publicación2003-01-01
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.85.1.142
PMID12872890
OpenAlexW1975364149
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas24

Beliefs about birth rank reflect what the society regards as social reality, and they may also influence that reality. Three studies found that people believe those with different birth ranks differ in their personalities, that higher birth ranks are likely to attain higher occupational prestige, and that the personality characteristics attributed to the various birth ranks favor the actual attainment of higher occupational prestige. In one example of such beliefs, firstborns were rated as most intelligent but least creative whereas the opposite was true of last-borns. The 4th study found that those with higher birth ranks in fact attain more prestigious occupations and actually do complete more years of schooling

Developmental psychology · Occupational prestige · Personality · Personality psychology · Population · Prestige · Rank (graph theory) · Socialization · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Status attainment · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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