Deck 33: Out of Sorts: Adoption and Undesirable Children

Question 1

Results of the study showed that parents believed ______ children were undesirable.

A) Asian
B) Native
C) White
D) Black

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which historical event prompted social changes in the United States and had important ramifications for adoption policies and practices?

A) The Korean War
B) The Civil War
C) The Gulf War
D) World War II

Answer 2

D

Question 3

All of the following were shifts in sociocultural norms that influenced adoption in the United States except ______.

A) the availability of abortion
B) the availability of contraception
C) the acceptance of out-of-wedlock births
D) the acceptance of interracial marriages

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Initially, parents reported that the most important thing to them was adopting a(n) ______ child.

A) outgoing
B) healthy
C) White
D) bright

Question 5

To most parents in the study, domestic adoptions were synonymous with ______.

A) masked infertility
B) failure
C) choice
D) White infants

Question 6

One unique aspect of the adoption process is the concept of ______.

A) choice
B) symbolism
C) capitalism
D) labeling

Question 7

Under which circumstance would many of the parents in the study have agreed to adopt an African American baby?

A) if they knew the child's parents
B) if it was the only way to have a family with children
C) if their extended family supported it
D) if it was a domestic adoption

Question 8

The largest sending country in the 1980s was ______.

A) Korea
B) China
C) Kazakhstan
D) Cambodia

Question 9

Physical beauty and compatible racial-ethnic differences were two reasons that parents viewed ______ children as desirable.

A) African American
B) Latino
C) Native American
D) Korean

Question 10

In the adoptions presented in the chapter, Black was considered a(n) ______ status.

A) master
B) interactive
C) subliminal
D) masked

Question 11

Briefly describe the majority of adopters who adopt through formal, legal channels.

Question 12

Discuss how adopting White children and avoiding other children was not just about masking infertility; it was also a way of managing race relations and racism.

Question 13

Explain the reasons why Korea was an attractive country to adopt from.

Question 14

Why is studying transracial, intercounty adoption sociologically relevant?

Question 15

Which factor trumped all others, including health status, in sorting children as undesirable?