Watch the Genie video and answer the question: About 1.5 pages long double space
- There is a debate about the importance of the critical period in language development? What does the case of Genie say about this?
- Did Genie learn more grammar or lexicon? What does this imply?
- There is debate about the role of language in thought. How does the case of Genie inform this argument?
- How does Genie’s case inform the nature vs. nurture debate?
- To what extent did Genie go through Erikson’s psychosocial stages of development? Will she still follow the same timeline as other children/adults? (see page 5)
- Did Genie follow the timeline set out by Piaget’s stages of cognitive development? If not, why not? (see page 6)