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

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.