Feral child Genie under the three schools of thought.

What consequences had Genie for not sharing any social knowledge?

• She could not walk and eat

• She could not develop a language to successfully communicate herself. Moreover, she could not develop a proper posture and motor-skills

• She could not communicate at all and move properly

• She could not be a normal child and be happy. She did not have any friends

How could Genie’s case be used to make a counterargument to Noam Chomsky’s theory?

• She never managed to acquire and produce language, which demonstrates that an infant is not born with an instinctive linguistic capacity.

• She never managed to have a culture since she didn't interact with other children at an early age.

• She never managed to carry out daily activities such as brush her teeth and take a shower

How can operant conditioning be associated with Genie and her father’s actions?

• Her father beat her to avoid noise, thus introducing a kind of punishment to decrease her behavior.

• Her father beat her to avoid noise, thus introducing a neutral stimulus that was associated with a natural response.

• Her father beat her to avoid noise, thus introducing a kind of reward to increase a behavior.

Do you consider that feral children who were brought up by animals have an equal or less chance than Genie to acquire language?

Did Genie go into the ZPD? Why?

If Genie would have a guide during all her childhood, what would have happened?

• Genie would have developed normal language skills

• Genie would have run properly

• Genie would have had a normal life

• Genie would have developed normal motor-skills

If Genie were rescued at an early age, she would have gone into the ZPD? How would it be her process?

If learning consists of interacting with partners, why could Genie never develop advanced cognitive skills? It may be related to her age?

• It is not related to her age, it was because she was tired and didn't want to learn properly

• It is not related to her age, but she was traumatized. Hence, she couldn't learn properly

• It may be related to her age. Even though Vygotsky proposes that learning becomes possible by the interaction with peers, Genie is proof that learning processes depend on the person's age. She was not able anymore to learn the things she was supposed to when she was a little child,

• It may be related to her age. Even though Vygotsky proposes that learning becomes possible by the interaction with peers, Genie was not able anymore to learn the things she was supposed to when she was a little child. The previous could refute Vygotsky's theory and make Piaget's more certere. However, none of them explains properly Genie's case.

It’s possible that Genie had her own cognitive process in stages?

• Yes, she developed her cognitive thinking with the stages established by Piaget.

• Perhaps Genie had cognitive development of her own , but not in stages or in a beneficial way.

• Genie never had cognitive development.

When Genie was rescued, it would have been possible to start her cognitive process with the stage of Piaget’s theory?

• yes, it didn't matter Genie's age and she was able to have normal cognitive development.

• Genie was able to create sentences and link words, although with incorrect sentence structure.

• Genie never showed signs of cognitive development.