"Genie," the Little Girl Who Was Tragically Isolated Until Age

question 107

Multiple Choice

"Genie," the little girl who was tragically isolated until age 13:

• A) learned to speak, but only at the level of a 3- to 4-year old.
• B) could not learn to speak at all.
• C) learned language slowly, but eventually could speak normally.
• D) could only make very basic speech sounds.

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Definitions:

Preferential Looking

A research technique that involves giving an infant a choice of what object to look at.

Infant-Perception Research

Studies focused on how infants understand their environment through sensory and cognitive processes from birth.

Human Development

The comprehensive process of physical, emotional, and intellectual growth and change that a person undergoes from birth to death.

Environmental

Relating to or arising from the external surroundings in which an organism lives, including both natural and man-made conditions.