Why Do More Researchers Think That Birth-Order Influences on Child

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Multiple Choice

Why do more researchers think that birth-order influences on child development have been emphasized too strongly?

• A) There are no clear patterns of birth-order influences on personality.
• B) With continued study on birth-order influences, the findings are bound to create self-fulfilling prophecies that will perpetuate birth order.
• C) The patterns of birth-order influences that scientists describe are largely speculation and are not based on evidence.
• D) Birth order by itself shows limited ability to predict behavior when all the factors that influence behavior are considered.

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