Reading Activities and Notes
Directions: Read pages 102-106 and complete the charts for Anna, Isabelle, and Genie. Next, complete the comparison chart for Anna,
Isabelle, Genie, and institutionalized children. Finally, complete the conclusion questions at the end of this document?
Questions
What type of treatment did Anna receive?
Answer
Lonely, and no contact with other people
How did Anna’s treatment, before she was 6 years old, affect her development?
What was the result of Anna’s situation? Why did this happen?
She was born to an unmarried woman. A woman’s father didn’t want to bring the child into his house, so, she attempted to place Anna in a children’s home. But it couldn’t because of expensive, Anna was mood to a series foster homes.
She was confined to an attic room where she was given only a minimum of care. She was undernourished and emaciated and received almost no human contact. So, she couldn’t speak, held, bathed, and loved because of abused.
Questions
What type of treatment did Isabelle receive?
How did Isabelle’s treatment, before she was 6 years old, affect her development?
What was the result of Isabelle’s situation? Why did this happen?
Answer
Unable to speak
Her grandfather kept her and her mother to a dark room and her mother was deaf.
She couldn’t speak and she could only a gesture because of her mother was deaf.

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Questions
How did Genie’s treatment affect her development?
What was the result of Genie’s situation? Why did this happen?
What type of treatment did Genie receive from her caregivers before she was
13 years old?
Answer
Her father was who hated children and when Genie was 13 years old, he confined her to a small bed room from the age of 20 months. Her father interacted with her, he behaved like an angry dog, barking, growling, and baring his teeth.
Her physical development was affected-she couldn’t stand straight. She cannot speak-lacks many basic skills
Trainers were able to teach her some language; however, she cannot speak well.

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Treatment Result Treatment
No human contact
Result
No interest in other people and Died at age 10
Abused, and isolated from the outside world
They all three experience slow development
She was confined with her deaf mother. The mother was able to display love and affection and also communicate
Had human contact with her father. The contact was only to punish and intimidate
Genie
Eventually, she reached normal development levels.
Cannot mature past a 10 year old level. Must live in a developmental home
Treatment
Do not experience affection, love, or human contact. Basic needs are met.
Result
The majority of children die. Only some can walk and dress themselves. Most often children develop learning disabilities and attachment emotional issues or problems

Reading Activities and Notes
What human characteristics did feral children lack?
Basic skills and communication were not fully developed. Socializing with other is extremely difficult.
According to the information in the comparison chart, what are some conclusions that can be understood about personality development and environment?
Children need human contact with others during their early years, especially communication, affection, and love
Would the nature viewpoint use this information to support its argument or would the nurture argument use this information to support its argument? Explain why.
Nurture would use this information because without human contact with other people do not develop basic skills and functions.