Background
What is the name of the young girl in the study?
Genie Wiley
Curtiss had Genie perform cognitive tasks that tested both _________.
Hemispheres
This is the year Genie Wiley was discovered.
1970
What type of study was Curtiss?
Case Study
Genie’s case brought attention to this field of psychology that studies language development.
Developmental psychology
What 3 types of development did the psychologists want to test improvement in?
Cognitive, social, and physical
Genie’s inability to acquire language past the critical period suggested that its development is _____-sensitive.
Time
The dual role of researchers as both scientists and caregivers resulted in this type of ethical dilemma.
conflict of interest
The reports on Genie form a richly detailed case study with good ________ and __________ data.
Quantitative and Qualitative
The findings from Genie’s case are often included in discussions about this type of rare and extreme psychological case study.
Feral Child case
What is the name of the theory that claims that there is an ideal window of time to acquire language?
Critical Period
Genie’s _____ hemisphere was severely underdeveloped.
Left
The critical period hypothesis suggests that this skills must develop within a specific time frame or it may never develop.
Language acquisition
The ethical concerns about the relationship between Curtiss and Genie may have been a variable that influenced the ______ of the research.
Outcome
The Genie Wiley case became a landmark in this field of study:
Developmental psychology
What is the name of the hypothesis proposed by Psychologist John Bowlby?
Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis
Genie’s inability to develop normal language was seen as evidence that the critical period for learning language was from _________________________.
2 years to puberty
When Genie was found by Child Services, she was at the developmental stage of a _______.
Toddler
There was a strong suggestion that Genie may have had _________ problems in infancy.
Reactive attachment
The critical period theory states that if language input doesn’t occur during the critical period, the individual will never achieve __________ systems.
Grammatical
What is the left hemisphere mainly used for?
Recognition and production of speech
Some examples of testing used on Genie were:
IQ and Language tests
There were serious ________ ethical concerns about the relationship between Curtiss and Genie.
Ethical
The critical period for language development is believed to end around this age.
Puberty