Reading Activities and Notes
Feral Children and Institutionalization
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?
Anna
Questions
Answer
What type of treatment did Anna receive?
She needed to spend most of time in the attic room.
How did Anna’s treatment, before she was 6 years old, affect her
development?
She could not speak, walk straight and feed herself
What was the result of Anna’s situation? Why did this happen?
Isolation, because she didn’t care from her parent
Isabelle
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
Isabelle was confined in the dark room with his mom.
They communicated by the gesture, so he could not learn how to speak,
He overcame early social derivation because he could speak and learn.
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Genie
Questions
Answer
What type of treatment did Genie receive from her caregivers before she was
13 years old?
She was bound to the chair in the bedroom and she couldn’t move anywhere.
How did Genie’s treatment affect her development?
What was the result of Genie’s situation? Why did this happen?
She could not stand straight and had mastered some language. Also she just
psychological skill was just 1 year old
At the age of 21, she was placed in a facility for people with development
disabilities.
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Feral Children
Similarities
Treatment
Result
Anna
Isabelle
They were confined
and isolated
They could speak a
little words
Genie
Differences
Treatment
Result
She isolated at the attic room
She past away earlier than
Isabelle and Genie
She didn’t spot the sunshine
She could speak human
language
She isolated at the bedroom
She joined the house for
person who has problem at
the knowledge
Institutionalization
Treatment
Result
The institutionalization infants illustrate how important human
interact.
Continue to support, give the food, and education.
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Conclusion Questions
What human characteristics did feral children lack?
They could not speak, understand the human, walk, and they lacked their mussel.
According to the information in the comparison chart, what are some conclusions that can be understood about personality development and
environment?
After they were helped, they could take education as same as normally human, and then, they could learn how to speak,
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.
Natural viewpoint use this information, because human have to be like human, which is able to speak, walk, and understanding each humans.