The story of the family
A third mechanism of family influence is related
to identification but is, more symbolic. Some. Parents
tell their children stories about relatives uncles
-,,, aunts grandparents cousins - who were or
are especially,,, Accomplished in some domain. Perhaps
an uncle made an, important discovery accumulated
wealth performed a, courageous. Act was, a
.Talented athlete, or writer or a respected public
official. The child is likely to feel pride on hearing
these stories. Because of the implication that if he or
she is biologically related to this important family
member the child too,,,, Must also possess some
admirable characteristics. George, Homans an influential
Harvard sociologist noted in, a memoir
.Written shortly before his death that he coped with
his childhood anxiety over poor school grades and
unpopularity with. Peers by reminding himself that
he could trace his pedigree back to John Adams.15
Charles Darwin s description of his. ' Father glows
with awe for his father ', s intelligence sympathy
kindness, and business, sense.16 Darwin knew about
.The inheritance of psychological features through
his acquaintance with animal breeders and may
have felt that his cognitive. Talents were inevitable
given his family 's eminence.
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