A student of birth order like Frank J. Sulloway, a psychology professor at the University of California, Berkeley, says that first-born children tend to be conscientious, responsible, reliable and achievement-oriented, while later-born children can be rebellious, easygoing, excitement-seeking and risk-taking.
Firstborns tend to be more strongly motivated toward school achievement, are more conscientious, more prone to guilt feelings, and less aggressive than those born later.
Mr Kadyrov got the Order of Honour on Monday for "work achievements, strenuous social activities and long conscientious service".
People who are conscientious -- meaning they're disciplined, dependable, organized and achievement-oriented -- are (not surprisingly) some of the most productive people, Grant says.
This achievement has been accomplished in part by a conscientious effort by the government to improve the research performance of China's universities through a series of programs, the most important of which is the 985 Project.
A very conscientious person is self-disciplined, needs to plan, likes to keep organized, and is motivated by achievement.
Whereas Daoism seeks harmony between the individual (or human) way and the natural order and tends to dismiss human society as artificial and constrained, Confucianism emphasizes the achievement of a kind of moral excellence (ren, or "humaneness") that is cultivated and manifested by conscientious behaviour within social institutions such as the family, the school, the community, and the state.
Delgado and Sulloway divided the conscientious characteristics they found in animals into two main categories: "order and Industriousness," which includes organization and cleanliness, and "achievement striving and competence," which covers mastery and deliberation.
They achieve this through educational repetitions centered on the benefits of abstinence, the importance of acquiring sexual and reproductive health knowledge, the conscientious use of contraceptives, the essential importance of acquiring primary health care, and the life-long benefits of educational achievement and developing aspirations for a career or profession.
"He was extremely conscientious".
Someone too conscientious.
