Genie: Trapped in the Lamp of Society Feb. 19‚ 2015 Monica Mattarollo Thurs @ 12:30 301 229 401 Ataman Avdan Imagine being raised in a world with no society‚ no human interaction and in complete isolation. Would you be the same person you are today? With the same habits‚ traits and personality? Without a nurturing factor in your childhood
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Genie‚ the second case of wild child was found in a room tied to a potty chair. Genie was kept in a room locked away because her father thought she was retarded at birth until the age of 13‚ when she was rescued by a social worker. She was locked away from normal civilization and any type of socialization‚ and she was beaten for making noises. Genie was an infant trapped in a 13 year old body‚ because she could only make infant like sounds and no words or sentences. Genie’s brain waves were adnormal
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Genie was discovered at the age of thirteen living completely isolated in a room in her parent’s house‚ with nothing to look at‚ restrained to a potty chair for most of her life. At this time‚ Genie was still wearing a diaper‚ did not have the ability to communicate and could barely walk. Her father’s reason for keeping Genie isolated was that he believed that she was retarded from birth. Her mother takes no responsibility‚ claiming she too was abused by her controlling husband. Both of her parents
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parents. An extreme Nature example in psychology includes Bowlby’s theory of attachment‚ which views the bond between the mother and child as being innate to ensure the survival. With this whole debate full of facts on both sides we just cant say someone is the way they are because of Nurture or Nature. But in two cases both about isolation the famous Genie the wild child and a
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Genie the Wild Child 1) A case study is when researchers conduct in-depth investigations of individuals or of small groups. The EX POST FACTO method is an experimental research process‚ where the researcher manipulates the independent variable‚ while the dependable variable is controlled with the aim of establishing the effect of the independent variable on the dependable variable. There are many advantages and disadvantages to case studies. An advantage is that it can provide insight to specific
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“Secrets of a Wild Child” Genie was a child who was kept virtually a prisoner. She was held by her parents in a suburb of Arcadia‚ Los Angeles‚ California. At thirteen years old‚ on November 4‚ 1970‚ she was discovered and was taken into custody by officials. Genie is not her real name; it has been changed to hide her identity. She was kept in such isolation by her parents she never even learned to talk‚ walk and eat correctly. She was still even wearing diapers when a social worker discovered
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2013 Hour4/5 1. I believe that Genie should not have moved around as much as she did. Genie needed a permanent environment in which she could actually adjust to. The research got in the way for Genie. I believe she needed to just be taken care of and be tended to. I also believe that Genie needed to be loved and feel loved instead of being recorded as a experiment. 2. Once the Rigler’s grant had ran out the Rigler’s decided to give Genie up. The fact that Genie keeps moving from place to place
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The Secret of the Wild Child is a documentary about a feral child referred to as Genie. Social workers found her tied to a potty chair in a bare room alone. They soon found out Genie was actually 13 years old‚ but she appeared much younger and was cognitively on the same level as a toddler. Psychologists and Doctors were faced with the controversial topic of nature vs nurture. Is Genie condition from her environment or was she born this way? And what is the best way for them to help her?
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The film “The Secret of the Wild Child” depicts the story of a girl‚ Genie‚ who was discovered in nineteen seventy after she had spent twelve years being locked in a room by herself. She lived in total social isolation‚ and did not have any cognitive and social skills that her age mates did. Her case was so interesting for psychologists‚ linguists‚ and other scientists. First of all‚ girl was placed in the hospital‚ later she lived in doctors’ apartments‚ guardian’s apartments‚ and with her mother
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The film “Secrets of the Wild Child” though very sad‚ was very educational and informative. After watching the film‚ it made me question a lot about language and how it is formed. Before watching the film I was curious as to how people acquired language. I know that the textbooks tell us that language is an innate trait‚ but how does one know that for sure? With the case of Genie‚ you really get a pure representation of someone who has been withheld from interactions with other humans and has had
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