After watching the documentary I gained a different perspective on how important socialization and learning was in human development. Due to Genie’s isolation she lacked the ability to communicate effectively using language, she was profoundly damaged emotionally and mentally, she barely had mobility and was unable to chew. Each aspect of Genie’s condition can in my opinion be explained by both nature and nurture seeing as each concept plays a part in our development. I say this because as Genie started to have more social contact with other people her language improved and her personality started to develop. The social interaction gave her role models to emulate and people to help nurture the undeveloped areas that needed improvement. Her
