Sibling relationships has been an intriguing topic in developmental psychology for a long period of time. One of the interesting psychological phenomenon in this area of psychology is the environmental and genetic influences on sibling growth. These influences could be positive, such as the influence of success in their career; but some could be negative, such as the facilitation of alcohol use. In this comparative review essay, I will examine the similarities and differences between the popular press article Two Siblings, One Spotlight (Webber, 2011) and the peer-reviewed primary research article Genetic and Environmental Influences on Academic Achievement Trajectories During Adolescence (Johnson, McGue, & Iacono, 2014) that both address the …show more content…
The article consists of two main part: the statement of the theory and the examination of the examples. In the first portion of the essay, the author first explains what is super-sibling: they are the outliers among siblings because most siblings are very different when it comes to career path while they are not. These super-siblings are all successful in the same profession. She argues that this happens because of the environmental and genetic similarities between siblings. Specifically, similar environment gives super-siblings the day-to-day companionship, similar success-leading values and interests, and assistance to each other; similar gene let super-siblings acquire similar levels of intelligence, physical abilities and appearances. Webber employs four cases to convince us the reliability and validity of her claims. The first example of super-siblings are two successful psychologists – Susan Pinker and Steven Pinker. The author points out that because they grew up in the same environment and have similar levels of intelligence, Susan and Steven both have the ambition to ask question and examine them deeply, expose to psychology at early age, have the same psychology professor as neighbor and both babysat his kids, and even write about similar topics in psychology. She argues that these are the reason that made both of them successful in the same field. Similarly, Webber uses the example of successful musician siblings Gil and Orli Shaham, influential author siblings Sophie Littlefield and Mike Wiecek, and successful businesswoman twins Shivani and Neha Gupta to validate her claim by examining the similarity in growing environment and heritable
The comparison between siblings has become a universal problem over the past several decades, as implied in Peg Kehret’s elementary monologue, I’m NOT My Brother; I’m Me. Through Jonathan, Kehret expresses the valuable message to never judge people based on the characteristics of their siblings. As the oldest child in my family, I support Kehret’s message and additionally believe that every individual is different and hence, should not be judged or compared with their siblings, family members or friends.
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Without the results of studies done on the birth order, by people like Jeffery Kluger, the power of birth order would remain a mystery to us and we would not have as deep of an understanding of siblings. While there is still much about the workings of oldest, youngest, and middle children that we have not yet discovered, the studies conducted on birth order so far have enlightened many parents on how their children’s relationships work. However, while scientists have unraveled many mysteries about the birth order, the constant variables presented to scientists as they study the birth order does hinder the progress of their research, but there is always a hope that someday scientists will be able to completely understand the impact and function of the birth order in sibling’s
Cohn, M., & Ariyakulkan, L. (2008). The importance of the sibling relationship for children in
Their conclusion is that family dynamics have a key role in creating the context where sibling
There are so many ways to write literature. One of the most difficult styles is poetry, which is why many writers have trouble writing it, and/or getting any popularity from it. But from time to time there comes a poet who is exceptionally good at writing poetry. Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, or in this case Gwendolyn Brooks. But like most poets, Brooks was not born a famous poet. Brooks was born in Topeka, Kansas. Both her parents were very supportive of their daughter 's passion for writing, and because of that, Brooks was able to get a poem published when she was just 13. When she was a junior in college she published her first collection of poems, going by the name of A Street in Bronzeville. This particular poem is called “Sadie and Maud”, which was taken from the collection A Street in Bronzeville. It involves two sisters who demonstrate the two different ways that a black
In this brief authors Epstein, Griffin and Botvin, (2008), Maintains that young sibling play an important role in shaping their environment. During an individual’s early childhood, attitudes and behavior is developed. However, the author believes that older sibling plays an important role in creating family standards and structure throughout the lifespan (Epstein, Griffin, & Botvin, 2008).
Three objectives were set out for this qualitative study in assessing sibling relationships in families of children with and without learning disabilities. First, to determine whether the presence of a child with learning disabilities (LD), with and without reported behavior problem, impacts the psychological well-being and self-concept of his or her siblings compared to a child without LD. Second, to establish the quality of the sibling relationship and perceived sibling impact in families of children with LD. Third, to find out whether or not a child with LD was observed by parents to have a negative impact on the family in terms of emotional, physical, and/or social stress. Families were randomly selected and placed into four groups: LD
Bruce Halland Rogers does an effective job fitting the story Little Brother into the guidelines of Vonnegut’s rules for writing a short story. The story focuses on a mom and a son in a universe where robots are personified by their human-like emotions and characteristics. Peter, the main character, receives a robot (Little Brother™) as a gift. Although he originally really wanted one, he later changed his mind and the story ends with the reader inferring that he too, is a robot. This story is efficiently fitting the profile of a short story based on many of Vonnegut’s guidelines, such as: It gives one character to root for, everyone in the story wants something, and that something vexatious happens to the
Sibling Rivalry can be defined as a type of competition or animosity among siblings, whether blood related or not, which is categorized as the common type of aggression amongst siblings that in American today. With sibling rivalry or sibling disagreement, it can cause a huge difference in the relationship between brothers and sisters and how they treat one another. These differences may include jealousy, competition, and sibling fights. Through differences of gender and age of brothers and sisters, sibling relationships begin to suffer to due built up aggression, tension and sibling rivalry.
Past studies using twins and siblings to address the issue were not able to account for the specific genetic effects due to the unclear identification of the shared genes, and the difficulties to distinguish genetic effects from environmental effects because the identical twins are more likely to pursue alike environment more than fraternal twins do. Therefore, by incorporating the polygenic score of education, a measure that summarizes the effects of specific genetic variants that are associated with education, this study attempts to answer the question
In addition, I would qualify myself as a good sister because I have helped influence how my sisters have evolved into great people. Siblings have a huge influence on how each other’s personality develops and help to mold them as a person. According to Jeffrey Kluger, a writer for TIME, there has always been an argument regarding what is actually the most influential in shaping an individual. Many scientists believe our parents or even our genes are what shapes us the most. Kluger concluded that scientists are starting to believe our siblings are actually the greatest influence in the molding...
My brothers and sister are the best motivation to me. It is not every day that we get along but when we do then it is a good day. Every day they make me want do better, not only for myself but for my mom and them also. They encourage me to do better now so that my future is bright later on. Family is always the best to have on your team especially for their support because they genuinely mean it and you know that it is coming from their heart. I know I can count on all my brothers and sister to be there for me when no one else is because they are family. I hate that they are growing every day and getting older to experience the real life. I hope even later on they will all still support me and we will not drift apart like I know
I always prayed that Margaret could stay away from me,but Jesus never smiled at me,this 6-year-old little girl had already spread into my life widely and deeply without my permission.In a sicken way of saying,just liked someone kneaded a chewing gum into my hair,i could not get rid of it unless having a complete haircut.There was not advantage i could figure out from Margret,she was annoying,ignorant,noisy and foolish.She always perplexed her parents a lot because she was a notorious trouble maker.But for me,these weren’t bothering me most,the most important reason of”I want to kill her”is-She is my sister.
There are so many different types of family relationships. Whatever form a family takes; it is an important part of everyone’s life. My family has played an important role in my life. Good family relationships serve as a foundation to interactions with others. Supportive families will help children to thrive. The quality of the family relationship is more important than the size of the family. Making the relationships priority, communication, and providing support for one another is key to developing relationships. Family relationships are what make up our world today; they shape the ways that we see things and the ways that we do things.