Research+Proposal

I have had many ideas on topics and as people have said the choosing of your topic is the hardest bit, I am hoping it is. I am still a little bit unsure. I have looked at numerous sites for ideas, i planned to do something to do with humans the whole time originally I considered something to do with sport but have veered away from that. In the later part of research I have been very interested in human psychology. Within this I have narrowed it down to personality development. Is personality something we are born with or does it develop? Is it inherited from our parents or does it just rub off from our parents? These were two questions I was particularly interested in. I still find these fascinating however it will be too complicated for the time we have and I don’t think I will be able to prove anything. I think I have decided still to research personality development, however I will be sticking to a part of its development. My question is; Does the position of a child in a family (e.g. Only, First, second, third child etc.) determine their personality type and interests? My information will come from talking to people, surveys, magazines, books and the internet. I will be constructing a survey for children and parents to fill out about the children; I will need volunteers and a computer. The number of children and possibly age of those children will vary. If I interview cousins, parents, aunties, uncles and people from the same school I will also be able to see if they are alike. I will need to have a form of some sort to insure the confidentiality or the people surveyed if they wish for their names and information to not be linked. I am unsure of the time needed, it would be useful to send out a second survey after assessing the first because I may learn of some similarities and need to include more/ different questions.