First Names and Longevity 1 - Pomona College

(Anderson, 1985), so that uncommon names stand out more for boys than for girls. Zweigenhaft (1977) presents evidence indicating that an uncommon name may not be a disadvantage. Similarly, Skinner (1984) looked at the grades of 597 students in an introductory psychology course and found that, while students with unique names did not do quite as well as other students, the observed differences ... ................
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