Genie Following Science In The Shadows Case Study

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Abstract This study examined language acquisition and accidently observed the effects of sociological isolation of a teenager who had been locked away from the world for thirteen years. Doctors along with scientist of Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles tested Genie for multiple medical conditions whilst no conclusive results. Doctors could not predict the origin of Genies learning curves yet they employed with her daily to achieve results. Genies case was sensitive in nature, with many obstacles for her to overcome while being bombarded with international coverage furthermore she had no personal time to truly communicate. Genie spent her youth as a test subject in scientific research with no concrete evidence of her actual limitations or achievements. As an exceptional subject Genie gave the world a glimpse into a …show more content…

Without ever knowing her real name, the world only knows her as Genie and she gave us a backstage pass in uncertainty of the future for a wild child. Keywords: symbolic-conflict, structural-isolation, nature v nurture, cognitive development Sociology Blunders of a Child Beaten not Broken Following Science in the Shadows November 4, 1970 the world came to know a rigorously victimized, uncivilized, emaciated and completely isolated girl who would come to be known as “Genie” the wild child (). Genie’s childhood, if that is what we can call it, was painfully fiendish as well as inconceivable by any parent, would become the human embodiment of sociological research. The observation of this young girl intentionally was meant as a good deed, but would become a mistake that society would not attempt again as the by-product indicated harmful effects on their test-subject. Genie was a treasure to the scientific community, as it was extremely rare to come across a feral child, but like

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