Gestures/Behavior:

-Genie is socially, cognitively and physically developmentally delayed. Due to her severe isolation she
has never learned to vocalize. Although she can visualize it is as if she has no sight due to the severe
confinement she experienced.

Physical Appearance:

She spent most of her time naked and tied to a potty chair where she was given limited use of her hands
and feet.

Language Used /Manner of Speaking:

Genie’s father was intolerant of noise, so if Genie made any noise, she was physically beaten.

Reaction to people:

Because of Genie's case, she missed the "critical period" for language acquisition could learn to speak a
first language. She couldn't speak very well.

Reflection:

Genie Wiley, who was 13 years old when she was discovered, had been abused and neglected for almost
a decade. Her family had done this to her, and she had grown up in a world that did not nurture her
positively. Genie’s case demonstrates the need for a nurturing environment, as even when scientists and
physiologists who cared for Genie after her discovery tried to create such an environment, they found it
difficult to improve Genie's condition.