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Brenda Adan February 27‚ 2017 1st Hour The Importance of Socialization Susan Wiley was born in California in 1957. Later in life she would be known as Genie‚ the feral child. Her story consists of neglect‚ abuse‚ and social isolation. Genie at three months had a hip dislocation so she had to wear a Frejka splint. Due to this splint Genie began to walk at a late age and most researchers thought that this led her father to believe that she was mentally retarded. At fourteen months Genie came down
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there part in. Amazonian women are most known from there clashes with heroes’ such as Heracles‚ Theseus’ and Achilles; it is from these mighty battle that the Amazons are known as the warrior women. While at times the Amazons may be portrayed as feral and untamed‚ it is important to consider if these images was created due to the Greek’s fear of the ‘Other’ or from their great sense of Greek patriarchy as these fearless women threaten the Greek way of life. The existence of the Amazons may be
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the Critical Period Hypothesis theory is widely accepted by numerous linguists. Evidence has been presented that there is a limited time when the brain is malleable (in terms of language). Studies such as‚ linguistically isolated children (a.k.a. feral children) support Lenneberg ’s theory of the critical period because they are unable to fully acquire language. 2 Moreover‚ there is a non-uniform success rate in adults who try to attain a second language yet children can obtain a new language a lot
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Sociology In what way do ferral children proivde evidence for the nature nurture debate? The nature nurture debate has been one of the most contraversial debates since it was introduced in the 1870’s by one of the first experimental psychologists Francis Galton. Since that time an increasing number of psychologists have become significantly interested in the nature nurture debate- like Galton they to have been trying to determine whether or not the way in which humans conduct themselves are inherited
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poor babe: Some powerful spirit instruct the kites and ravens To be thy nurses! Wolves and bears‚ they say‚ Casting their savageness aside‚ have done Like offices of pity." Shakespeare‚ Winter’s Tale‚ Act II‚ scene 3‚ line 185 Interests in Feral children began as early as the 1700’s and has continued to fascinate people throughout our modern era. Most reported cases on record‚ involve young children who have been isolated (or locked up) for an extended period of time. Often times the child
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can be used to support the nurture theory is the case of the feral children (also known as wild children). Feral children are children These children tend to be confined by their parent or carers‚ live in the isolated in the wild or brought up by animals. The concept of feral children has existed before the time of the Roman. As legends would have it‚ Romulus and Remus who were the founders of the city of Rome would believed to be feral children who were brought up by a she-wolf and
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because the way you are raised can affect the way you act and learn as you grow up. If you look at 2 feral children‚ the first one Genie‚ she was affected due to her environment. She was not found until she was 13 because she was tied to a toilet chair and only ate baby food. Her father would not like any type of noise and if he heard a noise from her or her mother‚ the father would beat them. The other feral child‚ Oxana‚ was raised by a pack of stray dogs because her parents had abandoned her. Oxana was
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amount of strays. The approximate amount of stray cats in Hawaii in unknown‚ however 13‚000 cats a year a euthanized yearly ("A feral Cat Problem in Hawaii"‚ 1999). Hawaii has a high transient rate of individuals that live on the Island. With the amount of military personal and college student on the island some of these people leave their pets on island after they move ("A feral Cat Problem in Hawaii"‚ 1999). With the strays that are left behind and those that are also abandoned by the local population
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physical problems such as severe injuries and asthma. Neglected children are also likely to have cognitive and intellectual difficulties in social and classroom settings. In extreme cases in which children are forced to survive on their own‚ they become feral. They completely miss their developmental stages and are almost nonhuman. This paper explains the significant challenges children encounter as a result of neglect
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