Psychology 330 - Lab: Perspectives on Adoption

Adoption has become a common way to create families in the United States and many other countries. The experience of adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive families raise many questions about family relationships, identities, and community membership. In this course we will look how adoption has been studied, with a particular focus on the experiences of adoptees and their adoptive parents. Students will develop research questions, consider different methods and related ethical issues, and analyze survey and interview data.

Prereq: Psychology 200 and 201. Instructor permission also required for section 01 and Psychology 230 or 236 required for section 02.