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an institution has a direct affect on his or her development. The longer a child remains in
an orphanage, the higher the possibility that he or she will have learning and academic
difficulties (Nelson). People interested in adoption enter the process expecting to provide
a child-in-need with the love and attention he/she may not have received otherwise. The
hope is that when an orphaned child is removed from an unstable environment and placed
in a loving home, he or she will respond accordingly and grow into a functioning
adolescent. According to Dr. Victor Groza, “the younger the child when placed and the
longer he/she remains in the institution, the more negative the effects on cognitive,
emotional, social, and physical development” (Groza). While there could have been a
better way to cancel her adoption, Hansen’s case provides an intriguing look into some of
the mental and physical problems that can exist in a child adopted from another country.
While nature plays a vital role in determining key factors that shape us as human
beings, the nurture side of the debate can be just as important in child development.
There is no specific inherited gene that can be directly linked to a person’s level of
intelligence. Instead, heredity allows a range of possible intelligence levels (Pressley,
McCormick, p. 4). This is why many researchers agree that nature (biology) sets the
degree of possibilities for character and behavior but nurture (environment) eventually
molds and ultimately determines these attributes.
The nature versus nurture debate has gone on for over a century yet behavioral
scientists are no closer to a conclusion today. Although neither can be definitively
proven as the key predictor of a person’s character and behavior, researchers have come
to agree that both nature and nurture have an influence on human development. The
Object Description
| Title | Babies without borders: exploring perceptions of international adoption |
| Author | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Author email | n.roberts@ymail.com; simplynicolemarie@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Arts |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Strategic Public Relations |
| School | Annenberg School for Communication |
| Date defended/completed | 2011-03-31 |
| Date submitted | 2011 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2011-05-03 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Floto, Jennifer D. |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Lynch, Brenda Thorson, Kjerstin |
| Abstract | International adoption is an incredibly complex and hotly debated issue. In an effort to understand the roots of the system, the author delves deep into the history of adoption and the transition to international adoption in the United States while examining the perceptions of the system today.; Using public relations techniques, the author offers communication-based recommendations that will help mitigate any stigma so that international adoptions continue without the negative undertones that are often associated with the idea of adopting from another country. |
| Keyword | adoption; international adoption |
| Geographic subject (country) | USA; Greece; Korea; Vietnam; Guatemala; Romania; USSR; China |
| Coverage date | 1939/2009 |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m3877 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Roberts, Nicole Marie |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Roberts-4524 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Roberts-4524.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 50 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 38 an institution has a direct affect on his or her development. The longer a child remains in an orphanage, the higher the possibility that he or she will have learning and academic difficulties (Nelson). People interested in adoption enter the process expecting to provide a child-in-need with the love and attention he/she may not have received otherwise. The hope is that when an orphaned child is removed from an unstable environment and placed in a loving home, he or she will respond accordingly and grow into a functioning adolescent. According to Dr. Victor Groza, “the younger the child when placed and the longer he/she remains in the institution, the more negative the effects on cognitive, emotional, social, and physical development” (Groza). While there could have been a better way to cancel her adoption, Hansen’s case provides an intriguing look into some of the mental and physical problems that can exist in a child adopted from another country. While nature plays a vital role in determining key factors that shape us as human beings, the nurture side of the debate can be just as important in child development. There is no specific inherited gene that can be directly linked to a person’s level of intelligence. Instead, heredity allows a range of possible intelligence levels (Pressley, McCormick, p. 4). This is why many researchers agree that nature (biology) sets the degree of possibilities for character and behavior but nurture (environment) eventually molds and ultimately determines these attributes. The nature versus nurture debate has gone on for over a century yet behavioral scientists are no closer to a conclusion today. Although neither can be definitively proven as the key predictor of a person’s character and behavior, researchers have come to agree that both nature and nurture have an influence on human development. The |
