Sociology - Feral Children (Genie Wiley)

Footage of Genie Wiley, ideal as an introduction to feral children. For more sociology videos visit www.podology.org.uk

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[lexichronicle2]

"I personally believe we have more to learn from her."

I think trying to learn things from her was one of the things that should have come secondary to her learning. The experimenters who claimed to love her were the same people who gave up on her.

Genie is still alive and in a care home. Talking about her in the past tense as a finished experiment is not fair.

I would like to know how Genie is now and that she is finally somewhere she's happy.

[PocketDrummer]

This is a very sad story. I wish she would have been able to stay with the people who studied her. She would have lived a happier life and I personally believe we have more to learn from her.

[mercyconspiracy]

throwing some enya into the mix does not make up for the horrible images.

[HallmarkJD]

@lexichronicle2 The experimenters ran out of money and the mother if you want to call her that sued them even though she had been making progress thanks to those researchers and their friends who were willing to let their own children socialize with Genie.

[coolio1177]

@lexichronicle2 @PocketDrummer

Blame the APA.

[charrr550]

@mathiasgandy She's not special needs. She's like that from neglect, she never had any contact with humans until she was 13, the only contact she got was from her family whom never spoke to her (because the father threatened to beat them if they did.) It is extremely rare for something like this to happen which is why scientists were studying her. She made an extremely important contribution to science, it's just extremely sad that it had to happen that way.

[misspinkpunkykat]

@mathiasgandy I've always wondered about that as well.

[mathiasgandy]

So was she an autistic child?...or did neglect by her parents lead to this condition?...Or, did they neglect her because they did not know how to deal with a child that had special needs.

[MexicanNina95]

when i was told about her in psychology, i couldnt sleep that night.

[heyfkldsm]

When you read about and watch videos about how feral children act, don't you wonder to yourself: What is being human if animals can influence us into becoming one of them?

Being human isn't real. It's something learned. We're nothing we say or act like. 

[elpooblo188]

@jamieheap1 that sentence has horrible grammar...

[Sheeponwheels]

As sad as this story is, and as ghastly and heart-wrenching it is to hear what she went through, we did manage to learn a great deal from her. It opened up the path for psychologist to discover what privation TRULY is. I am NOT condoning what her father did, i am merely STATING that it helped us to understand the mind and the psychological world, a little greater.