Analyzing Genie's Case
The intent of this essay is to analize the case of Genie, how she became retarded,whether her mental illness was caused by nature or nurture.Also, if Genie’s rehabilitation could be possible if the case was discovered today and how hopeful we would be that the child could lead a normal life in the long term. The sad story of Genie has touched all of us. Is the nature (genes and heredity ) or the nurture(how she was raised,what Genie was raised around and her experiences or rather environment) that led her to this state? I will be discussing if it’s nature or nurture that suits to explain more her situation and if Genie could lead a normal life if looked after and treated like other normal children.
There are four areas of development: physical,intellectual,emotional and social. These are build up during the human development which differentiates depending on the age.The fastest period of development is at the early childhood stage where a child can absorb and memorize information took from the surrounding world very easily.
Nativists assume that the characteristics of the human species as a whole are a product of …show more content…
She lacked emotional and social development,both very important to a child at the stages of development during the range of birth to puberty.Maslow talks about how important these things are for a human being but Genie was only given food to live. Nothing else was known to her.The quality of relashionship between parents was really poor. Bowlby 's (1969) theory of attachment, which views the bond between mother and child as being an innate process that ensures survival. It suggests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. Genie was subject to a maternal care deprivation and the abuse she was subject to was completely
There are four areas of development: physical,intellectual,emotional and social. These are build up during the human development which differentiates depending on the age.The fastest period of development is at the early childhood stage where a child can absorb and memorize information took from the surrounding world very easily.
Nativists assume that the characteristics of the human species as a whole are a product of …show more content…
She lacked emotional and social development,both very important to a child at the stages of development during the range of birth to puberty.Maslow talks about how important these things are for a human being but Genie was only given food to live. Nothing else was known to her.The quality of relashionship between parents was really poor. Bowlby 's (1969) theory of attachment, which views the bond between mother and child as being an innate process that ensures survival. It suggests that children come into the world biologically pre-programmed to form attachments with others, because this will help them to survive. Genie was subject to a maternal care deprivation and the abuse she was subject to was completely