Mesa College Representation of Personalities in Development Discussion

Do the characteristics listed above provide a good representation of who people are according to their birth order?  Why or why not? Where do you fall in the birth order of your family? Do you see yourself in any of these characteristics? What about your siblings (if you have any) can you identify any of their characteristics? Do you think birth order plays a strong role in who we are as individuals or are there other factors that have a much greater influence on who we become? Reflecting back to the discussion last week where we learned about the strong influence genetics plays in our development, this week the focus is on environment! Where do you stand on the nature vs. nurture debate? Does this discussion change your perspective from last week at all? 

For more information on the Nature vs. Nurture debate, or if you just are fascinated with babies watch Part 2 of the Babies documentary on Netflix (many of you watched one episode for the video review assignment). Choose the episode in Part 2 called Nature and Nurture.