Psychology 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Lip Reading, Mutual Intelligibility, Nicaraguan Sign Language
15 Apr 2016
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Cases of atypical language development: language deprivation, language disorders due to developmental impairments. Appeared to be living in the wild for all/most his life. Jean marc itard medical student: attempted to civilize him. But could never learn more than a few words of language: lait , mon dieu . Civilize a human being in certain ways but not in others. Discovered in los angeles suburb in 1970 at age of 13: mother was blind, father was just plain crazy, father locked her in a room, tied to potty-chair, bound in a sleeping bag at night . Punished for trying to speak or make sounds. Science to the rescue: the forbidden experiment : attempt to teach her language when rescued. Genie learned vocabulary quite quickly (she moved past stage in which her brain was receptive to language critical period; language was impoverished) But did not progress past 1-2 word sentences (reached a plateau: applesauce buy store .
