Researchers analyzed explorers and revolutionaries as part of their work.
Psychologists have long debated whether older siblings are more conservative and conscientious compared with apparently reckless, risk-taking younger children. But, according to researchers, the order in which siblings are born doesn’t affect whether a person is tempted to walk on the wild side.
They gave the example of Alexander von Humboldt, the intrepid explorer, and his “conscientious, prudent, and conservative” older brother Wilhelm as a classic example of the older-younger sibling dichotomy. “To understand why Alexander von Humboldt, and not Wilhelm, climbed Mount Chimborazo, we need to look beyond birth order and family dynamics,” they said.
However, she said the study was potentially limited because the researchers analyzed samples from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic people.
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