Birth order is a fascinating subject but pinning down exactly what impact it has, if any, is still a massive challenge.

出生顺序是一个引人入胜的话题，但要确定它到底有什么影响（如果有的话），仍然是一个巨大的挑战。

Since then, researchers have added to this list of birth order characteristics.

从那时起，研究人员就不断增加出生顺序特征的内容。

Although you may not realise it, you've probably absorbed these stereotypes from birth order theory.

虽然你可能没有意识到，但你可能已经从出生顺序理论中吸收了这些刻板印象。

To begin with, what is birth order?

首先，什么是出生顺序？

Birth order theory is the idea that our position in our family affects our personality characteristics, our IQ, and even our life success and that these last long into adulthood.

出生顺序理论认为，我们在家庭中的出生顺序会影响我们的性格特征、智商，甚至影响我们的人生成就，这些影响会持续到成年。

There's been many studies done on what we call " birth order" .

已经对我们所说的“出生顺序” 进行了许多研究。

So, " birth order" means if you were born first, second, or third.

所以，“出生顺序” 是指你是排在第一位、第二位还是第三位。

Why should random birth order determine moral responsibility?

为什么该由随机的出生顺序决定道德责任？

In 1927, Adler theorised that birth order affected personality hugely because parents treated children differently according to whether they were the eldest or the youngest.

1927 年，阿德勒提出了出生顺序对性格影响巨大的理论，因为父母会根据孩子是长还是幼来区别对待他们。

Do you believe this idea of birth order too?

你也相信这一有关出生顺序的观点吗？

But there are different ideas about what birth order means.

但关于出生顺序的含义，人们有不同的观点。

But the stuff on birth order and personality is mostly unreliable.

但是大多数关于出生顺序和性格的大多东西都是不可靠的。

Birth order means your place or position in the family, or when you were born, compared to your brothers and sisters.

出生顺序是指与您的兄弟姐妹相比， 您在家庭中的地位或地位，或者您出生的时间。

I know. I hadn't realized birth order was such a popular area of research.

我知道。我一直都没有意识到出生顺序竟然是这么热门的一个研究领域。

Dr. Sperling is a psychologist at Central University, and she's writing a book on the subject of birth order and personality.

斯珀林博士是中央大学的心理学家，她正在写一本关于出生顺序和性格主题的书。

They uncovered clues to what was going wrong by researching a fascinating subject: how birth order affects not only your personality, but also how compatible you are with your mate.

他们通过一个研究课题，发现了问题所在：出生顺序不仅会影响你的个性，还会影响你和伴侣的融洽程度。

Mm, some of the old research into the relationship between birth order and academic achievement has been proved to be accurate though.

嗯， 但一些关于出生顺序与学业成就关系的旧研究被证明是准确的。

Either way, when you talk about yourself, you'll want to be able to describe your family, you'll want to be able to describe your siblings and where you fall in the birth order.

不管怎样，当你谈论你自己时，你会希望能够描述你的家庭，你会希望能够描述你的兄弟姐妹以及你的出生顺序。