Early life / childhood: I have decided to write my biography on Susan “Genie” Wiley (the wild child). She was born 1957 in Arcadia‚ CA; however‚ her date of birth is unknown only the year. Her parents‚ specifically her father was an abusive man. He told her family to leave her in a small room and no one was able to talk to her or even play with her. The only thing she was allowed was to get food. Her father‚ Clark Wiley‚ even had her windows covered over‚ so she wouldn’t be seen at all. And her mother
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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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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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Susan “Genie” Wiley‚ otherwise known as the “Feral Child” was born April 18th‚ 1957. She was a child of abuse‚ isolation‚ and neglect by the people who surrounded her during her very sheltered life. The environment that Genie was subjected to was a lonely one. For most of her life she was limited to one bedroom in the household and was affixed to a chamber pot that allowed for little movement‚ essentially complete isolation. Her caregivers—or lack of was her father and mother who she lived with along
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Life Span Human Development II Writing Assignment 1 Angela Collins-Salboro Psychology 231 Dr. Winona Fleenor June 15‚ 2011 Part I When a child is born it is very important part of its life to have human contact. This is what has happen to what the experts have called “The Wild Child”. However instead of human contact they have had contact with animals that have adopted them into their pack. It could have been by dogs‚ monkeys‚ wolfs or even bears. Some children are lost in the woods
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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 she
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Itard‚ The Wild Child is a movie made in 1970‚ with a setting in France from the18th century‚ and based on a child who had lived in nature his whole life without any human contact. Itard‚ a well known French doctor for working with deaf-mutes‚ had taken in this feral child under his care for the purposes of his studies on the child’s intellectual and social education. Given the time period of the movie Itard had taken the "wild-child" in under his own care‚ and helped teach the child to be more
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