Sorry but am I the only one who gets a bit impatient truly believing we can't make any type of conclusions from the feral children cases?? Spare me, but appreciating how unique and extremely deprived the environments of these children are--as per children raised in orphanages with extensive deprivation of human interactions--one should be able to make certain assumptions about nurture versus nature. I feel like we are leaning so far in toward biological predispostions that we are coming perilously close to blaming the victims of abuse and neglect.
Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > On 9 Aug 2008 at 13:32, Miguel Roig wrote: > >> A student sent me this article of a Genie-like case from Florida. The >> article is a bit long, but I think it is worth reading. >> >> http://www.tampabay.com/features/humaninterest/article750838.ece. >> > > Definitely, although very disturbing. It seems to me that the guilty > party here is the Florida Social Services department, for letting this > happen. Thanks for the alert, Miguel. > > As for the feral child issue, the case has limited scientific value, for > the same reason that applies to the others, such the Wild Boy of Aveyron > and Genie. It's impossible to ascertain how much of her retardation and > speech impairment is congenital, and how much a result of her deprived > upbringing. At least in this case there was none of the deplorable > fighting which took place after Genie was discovered for the right to > study (and exploit) her. Danielle received far better treatment after > rescue than poor Genie ever did. > > Stephen > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 1Z7 > Canada > > Subscribe to discussion list (TIPS) for the teaching of > psychology at http://flightline.highline.edu/sfrantz/tips/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
