The Nova movie "Genie: The Secret of the Wild Child".
1. Is Genie's situation an argument for nature or nurture? Why?
2. Genie's was a teen in the movie. Pick one of the following theorists and explain what he considered to be expected development for Genie as a teen and then compare that to Genie as she was in the documentary.
The choices are : Piaget's formal operations, Freud's mature genital or Erikson's identity vs. identity diffusion.
3. Given that all we've learn about human development, would you believe that Genie will be able to function in society as a "normal developed" individual? Why?