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What is the average number of siblings per person in a typical American family?

Explanation

Average family size in the US.

What is the term for siblings who are born within the same year or less apart?

Irish twins

Explanation

Siblings born within a year of each other.

What is the term for siblings who are born from the same set of parents but at different times?

Sequential siblings

Explanation

Siblings from same parents but different times.

What is the term for siblings who are born on the same day but in different years?

Leap siblings

Explanation

Siblings born on the same date but different years.

What is the term for siblings who are born from the same parents but are not biologically related?

Step-siblings

Explanation

Siblings from same parents but not biologically related.

Which birth order position tends to have the most advantageous personality traits according to birth order theory?

Firstborn

Explanation

Firstborns tend to have more advantageous traits.

What is the term for having only one sibling?

Singleton

Explanation

Having only one sibling.

What is the psychological phenomenon called when siblings compete for attention and resources from their parents?

Sibling rivalry

Explanation

Competing for parental attention and resources.

Which factor has been found to correlate positively with smaller family size?

Parental education level

Explanation

Higher parental education correlates with smaller families.

#10

What is the term for a sibling born after the death of a previous sibling?

Replacement child

Explanation

Sibling born after the death of another.

#11

In demographic studies, what is the term used to describe the total number of children born or adopted by a person?

Family size

Explanation

Total number of children in a family.

#12

In evolutionary psychology, what is the term for favoring one's own genetic relatives in the allocation of resources or support?

Kin selection

Explanation

Preference for genetic relatives in resource allocation.

#13

What is the term for a situation where a child loses a sibling due to death before or after birth?

Sibling bereavement

Explanation

Losing a sibling due to pre- or post-birth death.

#14

What is the term for the unique relationship that exists between siblings?

Siblinity

Explanation

The unique relationship among siblings.

#15

What is the term for a child who is born into a family where they are the only child?

Singleton

Explanation

Child born without siblings in the family.

Family size and siblings Quiz

What is the average number of siblings per person in a typical American family?

What is the term for siblings who are born within the same year or less apart?

What is the term for siblings who are born from the same set of parents but at different times?

What is the term for siblings who are born on the same day but in different years?

What is the term for siblings who are born from the same parents but are not biologically related?

Which birth order position tends to have the most advantageous personality traits according to birth order theory?

What is the term for having only one sibling?

What is the psychological phenomenon called when siblings compete for attention and resources from their parents?

Which factor has been found to correlate positively with smaller family size?

What is the term for a sibling born after the death of a previous sibling?

In demographic studies, what is the term used to describe the total number of children born or adopted by a person?

In evolutionary psychology, what is the term for favoring one's own genetic relatives in the allocation of resources or support?

What is the term for a situation where a child loses a sibling due to death before or after birth?

What is the term for the unique relationship that exists between siblings?

What is the term for a child who is born into a family where they are the only child?

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