Genie was in her early teens when she escaped a life of captivity caged in a room without language, clothing, or human companionship by a father who considered her subhuman. Susan Curtiss, then a graduate student at UCLA, became part of a grant-supported team of people selected to work with Genie. As she soon discovered, Genie was an eager learner who developed a large vocabulary but did not learn to use the small connecting words that turn strings into grammatical sentences. When grant support was eventually withdrawn, Genie was moved into the foster care system, but the lessons learned as a result of interaction with Genie was substantial.

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Genie, deprivation, learning language, vocabulary, communication, cerebral organization, Thinking and Language

Cognitive Psychology, Introduction to Psychology, Inside Out

Chomsky, Ph.D., Noam (Performer), Curtiss, Ph.D., Susan (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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