Genie lived 13 years of her life in a Los Angeles suburb with her mother‚ her father and her older brother. When Genie was one‚ her Grandmother on her father’s side died and they all moved into her old house. Her father insisted they leave his mothers room untouched even though this meant they all had to sleep in the living room. All except Genie who was given the back room. This room wasn’t furnished or decorated and was away from the rest of the house. During the day time Genie was kept tied
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Review Questions Describe the case of Genie. What happened to her? Why is this case important? The case of Genie is about how a little toddler had an extreme isolation in her earliest months‚ it is likely how she was restrained and reflected. Genie was kept in a back bedroom tied to a toilet chair for twelve years. She received a stimulation of any kind and was only given baby food to eat. Genie was discovered when she was a preteen. They have noticed that she couldn’t talk or understand any language
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exposure to the environment of speaking people?” (Searchinger‚ 1995a). There have been cases in which children‚ deprived from a language‚ were then later exposed (Curtiss‚ 1977). Although they were able to comprehend and interact using that particular language‚ they were not able to fully master it to the extent of a normal adult (Curtiss‚ 1977). In the 1970s a controversial case of a thirteen-year old girl‚ Genie‚ who had spent her entire life completely isolated from anyone (Curtiss‚ 1977). She
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Genie: A Scientific Tragedy Genie tells the story of a 13 year old girl who was secluded throughout her childhood years and into her teens with little or no stimulation. In the book‚ we see how the scientists and linguists tried to help her understand the world around her and interact with people around her. The linguists tried to get her to speak and express her emotions instead of gesturing or pointing every time she needed something. According to the linguists and scientists that studied her
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GENIE It is hard for most of us to even imagine being locked in a bedroom for thirteen years—strapped to a potty chair and being physically abused. Unfortunately‚ social isolation‚ such as this‚ does affect many innocent children. Studies have proven that social isolation can have devastating effects on a child’s life. A feral child‚ referred to as Genie‚ spent nearly the first thirteen years of her life locked in a bedroom strapped to a potty chair. She was a victim of one of the most severe
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There have been a number of cases of feral children raised in social isolation with little or no human contact. Few have captured public and scientific attention like that of young girl called Genie. The girl was given the name Genie in her case files to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person’s real name.She spent almost her entire childhood locked in a bedroom‚ isolated and abused for over a decade. Genie’s case was one of the first to put the critical
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Susan Wiley (‘Genie’) * Genie was discovered on 4th November 1970 in Los Angeles. * The thirteen year old girl had been confined to a small room and spent most of her life often tied to a potty chair. * The girl was given the name Genie to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person’s real name‚ but when we think about what a genie is‚ a genie is a creature that comes out of a bottle or whatever‚ but emerges into human society past childhood. We assume
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Genie is socially‚ cognitively and physically developmentally delayed. Due to her severe isolation she has never learned to vocalize. Although she can visualize it is as if she has no sight due to the severe confinement she experienced. She displays physical oddities including walking like a bunny and spitting‚ due to her incapability to chew. For these ten years of lonely imprisonment‚ Genie lived a severely malnourished lifestyle. Improper meals were forced into her body prohibiting Genie from
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Case 1: Genie The Wild Child. Genie was locked in a room for 13 years and she lacked social skills and didn’t form any type of language skills. She was essentially feral. She didn’t show any behaviors of being human. Due to being locked and shut out from socialization
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and an investigation by authorities quickly revealed that the child had spent most of her life in this room‚ often tied to a potty chair. The girl was given the name Genie in her case files to protect her identity and privacy. "The case name is Genie. This is not the person’s real name‚ but when we think about what a genie is‚ a genie is a creature that comes out of a bottle or whatever‚ but emerges into human society past childhood. We assume that it really isn’t a creature that had a human childhood
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