codzienność: Genie (feral child)

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Genie (born 1957) is the pseudonym of an American feral child who was a victim of severe abuse, neglect, and social isolation. Her circumstances are prominently recorded in the annals of linguistics and abnormal child psychology. When she was approximately 20 months old, her father began keeping her in a locked room. During this period, he almost always strapped her to a child's toilet or bound her in a crib with her arms and legs immobilized, forbade anyone to interact with her, provided her with almost no stimulation of any kind, and left her severely malnourished. The extent of her isolation prevented her from being exposed to any significant amount of speech, and as a result she did not…

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Child Development and Abnormal Psychology

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The Science and Practice of Abnormal Child Psychology

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The Science and Practice of Abnormal Child Psychology

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Abnormal Child Psychology: Past, Present, and Future