Born to Rebel Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives

Name: Born to Rebel Birth Order, Family Dynamics, and Creative Lives
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ISBN: 9780679758761

ISBN-10: 0679758763

ISBN-13: 9780679758761

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Authors: Frank J. Sulloway

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A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "An important and valuable study that will define research agendas for years to come. It is also hugely fun to read." --Boston Globe Why do people raised in the same families often differ more dramatically in personality than those from different families? What made Charles Darwin, Benjamin Franklin, and Voltaire uniquely suited to challenge the conventional wisdom of their times? This pioneering inquiry into the significance of birth order answers both these questions with a conceptual boldness that has made critics compare it with the work of Freud and of Darwin himself. Frank J. Sulloway envisions families as ecosystems in which…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 9/2/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 672
Size: 5.12" wide x 8.01" long x 1.63" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Introduction



Openness to Scientific Innovation



Birth Order and Scientific Revolutions



Birth Order and Personality



Family Niches



Developmental Glitches



Gender



Temperament



Exceptions to the Rule



Social Attitudes



The Darwinian Revolution as Social History



The Protestant Reformation



Political Trends



The French Revolution



Social and Intellectual Context



Conclusion



A Brief Introduction to Statistics (or Correlations Made Easy)



Coding Procedures for Variables in the Study



Criteria for Selection of Participants in Scientific Controversies



Expert Raters and Other Collaborators



Techniques for Estimating Missing Data



Data and Expert Ratings on Social Attitudes



Modeling the Protestant Reformation



Modeling the French Revolution



Miscellaneous Technical Discussions



Suggestions for Future Research



How to Test Your Own Propensity to Rebel


List of Illustrations


List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Notes


Bibliography


Index