Birth Order

1.)

a.) The family I chose consists of two sisters and a single mother; the atmosphere consists of cooperation because they help one another out with anything. It also consists of cover-up thoughts and feelings because the oldest sister is sneaky. The household has a mutual respect and they all treat each other like friends. The mother also has high standards set for her two daughters. The family values have a lot of ideals. The mother and the children agreed that college was something that they will accomplish and they have an agreement on the importance of money, health, honesty, success, hard work, and religion.

b.) The characteristics influence the youngest child Allison. Allison is age 23 and she and her mother get along very well. Allison’s mother is the youngest child as well so they have a great connection. Allison’s oldest sister really didn’t follow through with all of these characteristics expected of mother, so Allison feels that in order to make her mom proud then she will have to engage in each characteristic in the family values. Allison emphasizes these characteristics in her daily life.

2.) I feel like of the four priorities of life style I would be superiority.

a.) The strengths of superiority are being more competent then others, being knowledgeable, idealistic, and having a high level of social interest. These are all good qualities in life keep me going in a positive direction.

b.) This priority might cause some difficulties for me because I always feel overloaded because I feel that I have so much I need to do, but in actuality I do not. Because I feel like I have so much to do I also feel that I have a lack of time. If I do something that makes me regret it, I always feel a lot of guilt. Also because I have been through so much dealing with relationships, I have a lack of trust in any relationship I encounter. To help me avoid these difficulties, I follow compensatory strategies. For example: I make a daily “To do list” to...