Adoptees

know that I am adopted and go on to describe one study of cancer among adoptees that found correlations within their adopted families but not within their biological ones. (‘Deaths of adoptive parents from cancer before the age of 50 increased the rate of mortality from cancer fivefold among the adoptees…. Deaths of biological parents from cancer had no detectable effect on the rate of mortality from cancer among the adoptees.’).” (pg. 256-257) This statistic shows how much environmental factors…

Discussion: Summary The addition of a child with disabilities has a strong impact on the current relationships of the adoptive family. With regards to siblings, the changing dynamic of the family can alter his/her adjustment if the parents are not aware of differential treatment between siblings (Schuntermann, 2007, p.97). Siblings tend to display more negative behaviors when the new child’s disability is more severe (Schuntermann, 2007, p. 97). Parents and clinicians should be aware of the…

Adoption is a big controversy in the world. There is so many families going through it. But what is it for? To help the child? My sisters and I went through this process. It was a little different because we were adopted through our family. But we were going through the situations that will require for adoption to take place. Neglect, abuse, and parents being alcoholics and doing drugs is a big problem. Seeing it personally helped my perspective on adoption. Yes some families will be…

Throughout the article, Schizophrenia, Genes and Environment (2010), the author discuses and critics a research study about schizophrenia published in the American Journal of psychiatry (2010). The article touches on the main points of this research and summarizes to the reader what the data means as far as new concepts in psychology. The author implements two different forms of psychological perspectives to explain the formation of Schizophrenia in a person, the biological perspective and the…

also support the notion. Albeit, adoption studies results are not as strong as twin studies but they are still able to display evidence in favour of the notion. In defiance of living with an adoptive parent, the findings from research indicate that adoptees mirror their biological parents personalities than their adoptive parents (Plomin et al, 1998). When analysing the results from both twin studies and adoption studies it becomes apparent that both means of study clearly demonstrate genetics…

All kinds of adoptions have their forms of risks and benefits and having two sets of parents can be difficult. The adoptees can get stuck in between feeling as if they have to pick a side or trying to not upset each set of parents by spending more time with the other set. But, by keeping adoption records available and keeping the situation open for communication it gives…

Imagine growing up with another mother, father, or no one at all. Consider the thoughts of being aware that someone gave up a child. Today, there are numerous of children either living inside a foster home or with someone other than their biological family. The act of adoption gives an opportunity for these children to be placed with a family with open arms. Based on The Gale Encyclopedia of Children’s Health: Infancy through Adolescence, adoption serves to provide children under eighteen with a…

Along with various environmental factors, genetics has a very significant impact on childhood obesity that cannot be ignored. In recent years, a great deal of effort has been used toward pinpointing specific genes that contribute to obesity; however, only "22 gene associations supported by at least five positive studies" (Walley et al., 2006) have been identified. Which is a surprisingly low number, to say the least. According to Stunkard et al. (1986) "the genetic component [of obesity] is…

Nothing could be better than to find out what may be causing you to do some form of criminal behavior. There is a reason behind it because majority of the time when a crime is committed; it could have been because you needed the reward that was going to come after the crime was completed. Having a reward is not always sweet when don't realize the consequences that comes after it. After going through this chapter, I should be able to fully understand the purpose of someone causing criminality.…

Stigma Social stigma is social discrimination against certain individuals which are discredited for having different social traits or physical characteristics other than what is considered the norm (March, 2015; Riley-Behringer et al., 2014). Social stigma plays a role in which race of children parents decide to adopt based on their own race. For example, a nonwhite family is more attuned to racially-based prejudice therefore if they adopt a white child socially they may be put into the…