Sibling RivalryA

For our project we hope to explore which areas cause siblings to feel the highest degree of rivalry. We propose making a questionaire that asks respondents to rate their envisioned "success" in various areas. We will do more research as to what would qualify as 3 main social categories. Some ideas are: athletic ability, dating desirability, and intellect. We want to have
respondents react to their success on a scale of 1-10, and then rate what they perceive their siblings' success to be, also on a scale of 1-10. The third column will contain their rating of how competitive they feel in the specific area. We hope to determine which area siblings feel most rivalry in. We also hope to see how siblings react to other siblings' success, and how
they rate their success in relation to their siblings.

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• Theory and Predictions (2/21/01) [ Contributor: Chris-Section: ]
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