Week 9

This week in sociology we learned about human nature and how some abilities that people have to learn from social interaction that you just do not know when you are young.In class we read an article about a girl name Genie.In 1970 she was found a California home, locked in a small room and tied to chair.She has in there since she was 20 months old and authorities found her when she was 13 years old. She had been living in that room isolated from the world for over a decade.She was unable to eat,talk walk or even straighten her legs.When doctors gave her an intelligence test, her intelligence score was the of a one year old. Because of her isolation and drama that she experienced before she was discovered, she was unable to learn the skills like taking or walking because she had no social interaction. By the age of 21 she was able to do some of those things but because of that situation she was in she unlikely be able to fully comprehend and develop those skills as much as other people her age.


Most skills that people learn like eating walking talking to not come naturally.You have to learn them.Until maybe a year ago I did not know how to snap my fingers.It was really hard to figure out.I tried mimicking people doing the motion but that did not work.I took a lot of peoples advice but that did not work ether.Until one of my friends gave me the best instructions on how to do it. After that I could snap my fingers with no problem.Even with a skill like snapping you fingers you have to learn it.