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Socializing the Socializing the IndividualIndividual
Influence of Birth Order
Characteristics of 1Characteristics of 1st st Borns:Borns: Perfectionistic Reliable Conscientious Well organized Goal-oriented Achiever
Classic tendency of first-born is leadership. Fifty-two percent of United States presidents werefirst-borns.
Only ChildOnly Child
“Super” first-born Many of same
characteristics as the 1st born
Characteristics of the Characteristics of the Middle Child:Middle Child:
Flexible Diplomatic Generous Social Competitive Risk-taker/ rebellious
Last Borns or the "Babies" Outgoing charmers Personable manipulators Affectionate Temperamental Spoiled Impatient
Effects of IsolationEffects of Isolation
on Personality Development
Case Studies of Children in Isolation
Harlow’s MonkeysWill the monkeys
prefer a “wire mother” or a comforting mother?
Spitz’s study Studied infants in an
orphanage Infants were not nurtured,
cuddled, or held All biological needs were met What happened to these
children?
Spitz’s study After 1 year scores on
developmental tests dropped on average from 124 to 72
After 2 years 15 had died, 9 had been removed from the institution, the remaining were severely mentally retarded
Effects of Isolation Socioemotional problems Cognitive problems Lack of biological growth &
poor health (psychosocial dwarfism)
Deficiency in such skills as: Speaking, walking, emotional expression
Examples of Isolation Anna – no human contact,
barely kept alive, found at age 6, died at age 10 with the ability of a toddler
Isabelle – kept isolated with her mother: at age 6 could only crawl and make grunting sounds – after 2 years reached the level of her peers
Genie – Isolated from infant until 13
yrs No interaction Had only a potty chair and a
cage in the room with her Found at age 13 with the skills
of a one-year old never progressed past the
ability of a 4 year old