Last week's question and answer(s):
Which child in the family is most prone to criminal behavior: (60 votes total)Now, for this week, the answer is going to be a "fill in the blank", so put it in the comments. The question is... (without peeking!)The correct answer is... the majority again. The middle child (sorry Vervel) is most prone to criminal behavior. Now, does anyone care to posit why this is the case? For those who thought it was one of the other answers, why did you think so?
- Oldest (5 votes)
- Middle (30 votes)
- Youngest (19 votes)
- No difference (6 votes)
What is the MMPI?
MMPI is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - it's a test designed to determine whether someone has psychopathic tendencies or not (ok, it's really not quite that extreme, but it can indicate it). It's often used by employers during pre-employment screenings to see whether employees are going to be honest, hardworking, dependable, etc. (Can you tell I'm a psych major?)
ReplyDeleteDon't know where you get your statistics from, but I did a bit of research online before casting my vote that birth order has no significant corrolation to criminality. Maybe you should include citations to verify your data.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Shoshana on this one. In fact, ironically I was just reading about it this afternoon for my paper on death penalty and mental illness. It is sometimes used in psychiatric evaluations on competency.
ReplyDeleteMMPI is the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory . . . it's a personality assesment test of sorts.
ReplyDeleteAnd as a middle child, I think the reason that the middle child is most prone to criminal behavior is because middle children tend to feel most ignored and they do something that will get them attention.
YES! I am a middle child - now everything makes sense!
ReplyDeletePlease define middle child to us. Because I am oldest child of my father but i am middle child of my mom. So what am i? Does it mean I have disease called "Order of sibling identity crisis"?
ReplyDeleteCould it be possible that there are more middle children in the world than there are oldests and youngests, accounting for the increased occurence of becoming criminal? Did the study make adjustments for the increased number of middle children in the world?
ReplyDeleteJackie - I'd presume the numbers are a percentage of all of each type, which would make it not matter how many of each there are.
ReplyDeleteAnd I was going to say what Princess did. It's easy to analyze in families of 3 kids. :)