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SEASON OF BIRTH, INTELLIGENCE AND PERSONALITY
Author(s) -
FARLEY FRANK H.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1968.tb01142.x
Subject(s) - psychology , extraversion and introversion , personality , season of birth , neuroticism , optimism , socioeconomic status , homogeneous , developmental psychology , demography , big five personality traits , social psychology , population , psychiatry , physics , sociology , thermodynamics
Intelligence and the personality dimensions of extraversion—introversion and neuroticism were studied as a function of season of birth, the latter being divided into birth during Winter—Spring (W—S) (November—April inclusive) and Summer—Autumn (S—A) (May—October inclusive). Two hundred and thirty adolescent males, homogeneous with respect to age, occupation and socioeconomic background, were tested under controlled conditions. No differences in intelligence and personality, as measured, were found between W—S and S—A births. Little optimism was expressed for the possibility of finding such season‐of‐birth effects among other than severely intellectually subnormal subjects.