This research is spot on. If u check 100 families, the elder sibling is always the most responsible, hard working and supporting the famility and takes care of the parents at the old age. The younger ones are moreoften may the pampered ones and less smart.
Well i am not a scientist but if the same survey is conducted in india may be the IQs levels might differ. The reason being the first borns are assigned more responsibility and that responsibility makes the elder siblings trying to forgo opportunities for his younger siblings. If you look up our history many elder siblings have given up their aspirations for their younger brothers and sisters. I am the youngest in my family and my elder brother took up more responsibilities because of which he could not do what he wanted to do but supported me in whatever i wanted to do. So if they say elders have more IQ yes they might have it but dont show it or get over burdened with the responsibilities and the IQs wilts under pressure. Whatever one has to say who has a higher IQ i would say our elders do take up more responsibilites for thier younger siblings unlike in other countries. So the research might bring up different scores but still i think its always good to have some care for you.
Perhaps this study holds good for Norway, but not for the rest of the world. Different parts of the world account for differences in culture, expectation, values... Thus applying this study to the whole world is fundamentally flawed as the sample for the study was only taken from Norway. So yes this study may show that first borns in NORWAY have higher IQs than their younger siblings but it certainly does not show that first borns everywhere have a higher IQ.
Also, the use of the IQ measurement to discuss intelligence is rather questionable. Many psychologists doubt the effectiveness of this sort of test. Therefore again this study exceeds it's parameters in it's conclusions. It is not a study about intelligence but rather a study on IQ scores.
RE:No way
by Srinivasan,Chandrasekar on Jul 13, 2007 02:11 PM Permalink
Yes George Walker Bush DEFINETLY has whether his acts are not in co relevant with public world wide. This guy has shown WHAT IS AMERICA over and above he is two term president. This fellow has The courage.. a bitter courage pity...
