Topic > The Importance of Nature and Nurture in Child Development

All the various experiments were most likely overwhelming and stressful for Genie, and could have been the main reason why she was never able to learn to create sentences. I believe Genie was never truly loved as she was always moved around to different foster homes. I also believe that if Genie had stayed in a foster home, she might have felt less overwhelmed and more capable of learning to speak. Genie's mother also considered the experiments on Genie to be unethical and eventually sued the children's hospital for carrying out scientific research rather than providing therapy to rehabilitate her. Genie's mother won the case and no further testing on Genie was allowed. Once the experiments were finished, Genie went to his first foster home. In her first foster home, she was severely punished for vomiting. The experience of being punished was so traumatizing that Genie needed to return to Children's