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    THE STORY OF GENIE Genie is the name used for a feral child discovered by a social worker in Los Angeles‚ California. From the age of twenty months Genie’s father chained her to a potty-chair and isolated her in a room. When she was found‚ she was severely malnourished and almost mute. When her case brought some interest to scientists‚ she became the focus of an investigation to discover if there was a critical age for the development of language in children. Since then Genie has been staying

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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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    (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 was found severely malnourished and carried herself like a bunny (Curtiss‚ 1977). Genie’s mother‚ who had been in contact with her‚ stated that she could understand

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    Genie

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    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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    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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    potsherds‚ bones‚ and broken bottles * Forth cast: found a silver box‚ containing‚ Afrits‚ the genie * The fisherman is portrayed as a god fearing individual. Out of respect for his god‚ he bestows a form of blessing before and after he casts his net. * The moral of the story is what you do upon others‚ others will do upon you. ("Spare me‚ so god may spare thee; and do not kill me‚ lest god kill thee:) * The genie is delineated as a huge/ candle eyed creation who grew impatient in his vessel (That was

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    Genie Wiley

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    Genie Wiley suffered for ten years in severe isolation with virtually no human contact. By the age of thirteen she still wore diapers and communicated in a form similar to an infant. Due to the extreme neglect and the lack of socialization Genie may never be able to join society with a full command of language. But after watching the documentary I learned how important socialization is to human development. I say this because during the video Stacy Keach stated that Eric Lenneberg agreed that we’re

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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 interview

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    of a person’s life. Genie just like any other child had environmental factors play in the development of her life‚ which permanently changed the way that Genie lives to this day. Humans just like animals all have to adapt to the environment that they live in‚ that environment changes and so does the animal in order for them to survive. Environmental factors played big key roles in the development of my life and every other human being on this planet. In late of 1970‚ Genie a young thirteen-year-old

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    A Psycholinguistics Report on Genie Alyssa Conard Psycholinguistics Class April 9‚ 2012 Page 1 Discovered in November 1970‚ Genie is presumably the most thoroughly researched case history of a feral child. From ages 2 and a half to 13 and a half‚ Genie’s father isolated her to a room constrained in a homemade harness on a potty seat. On nights she wasn’t forgotten‚ Genie would be put into a sleeping bag fashioned into a sort of straitjacket‚ and laid into a crib covered with chicken

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