Findings examining implicit personality theories regarding birth order are shown to provide some evidence of self-fulfilling prophecy. One study demonstrated that first-born children
A) had higher occupational status and more education.
B) had lower occupational status and less education.
C) had lower occupational status but more education.
D) had higher occupational status but less education.
E) generally failed to live up to the expectations of the birth order implicit personality theories.
Answer: A
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