Genie's Timeline

By Emillymartins

  • Genie Wiley is born

    The girl in isolation is born

  • Genie's test begin

    Genie is tested for her cognitive and emotional abilities, they wanted to analyze the damage of her deprivation on human nurture and contact.

  • Genie's test begins to be taught

    Psychologists begin to try and develop her language along with her motor skills, they believe the theory that it cannot be done due to the absence of her "Critical Period" of learning, meaning it was the best time to gain knowledge.

  • Genie is introduced to the outside

    Psychologists were amazed with her astonishment and disbelief of the outside. Genie had great non-verbal communication practice, an example of Neurosplacity.

  • Genie arrives on UCLA's college campus

    The priority and the cause of her going to this college campus was for psychologists to study her brain and the damage that has been done to it.

  • Genie's story becomes the spotlight

    Genie's story is released to the public and it brings much attention to the case and herself.