Describe Some Of The Ways That Genie Was Deprived During Her Years In Captivity

1. The CASE STUDY is an example of one research method used in Sociology/Psychology. What are two other research methods used in Sociology?

The two other research methods used in Sociology other than case study are observation and self-report. Observation is when any phenomenon (observable event) is studied, for example sleep studies and observing apes in the wild. Self-report is a tool/instrument designed to sample attitudes or behaviours such as, survey, questionnaire and rating scale.

2. Describe some of the ways that Genie was deprived during her years in captivity.

Genie’s environment for the first eleven years of her life from 1957-1970 were utterly deprived. In a dark small bedroom of a suburban house with only a cot and potty chair

There was a limit to how much Genie could learn, as shown by the critical period theory. Her mental capacity stumped because she struggled to develop fully, and her mental age was extremely difficult for doctors to detect or determine. Because of that and how unique Genie’s case is, there were complications in how to care for her. She was a child, but she was also treated like an experiment because research constantly got in the way. Nobody knew how to deal with her rare situation. Since there were problems with how to care for her, who was caring for her changed constantly and after getting to live with her mum for a while, she then went into foster care, where she was abused once

Case studies are usually able to be generalised which makes it easier to understand and work off of. But because of how extreme Genie’s situation is there has never been another situation like it. A lot is possible, and professionals did not know if Genie could ever learn language. Another issue with the case is the ethics involved. Genie’s time in care and how she was treated throughout her life out of confinement can be questioned by ethics. It is doubted whether Genie was considered as an experiment versus a child. Many people wanted to look after Genie for the wrong reasons by using her as a test subject and almost forcing her into society to become human and normal. Even though everyone knew that Genie’s situation is one of the worst cases of child abuse in the U.S. Genie only needed a home, with love and care but instead she was used for scientific