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In 1970, a wild child was found in California: a girl of 13 who had been isolated in a small room and had not been spoken to by her parents since infancy. “Genie,” as she was later dubbed to protect her privacy by the psycholinguists who tested her, could not stand erect. At the time, she was unable to speak: she could only whimper. The case came to light when Genie’s 50-year-old mother ran away from her 70-year-old husband after a violent quarrel and took the child along. The mother was partially blind and applied for public assistance. Genie was sent to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital for tests.\r\nThe discovery of Genie aroused intense curiosity among psychologists, linguists, neurologists, and others who study brain development. They were eager to know what Genie’s mental level was at the time she was found and whether she would be capable of developing her faculties. “It’s a terribly important case,” says Harlan Lane, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University who wrote The Wild Boy of Aveyron. “Since our morality doesn’t allow us to conduct deprivation experiments with human beings, these unfortunate people are all we have to go on.”
In 1970, a wild child was found in California: a girl of 13 who had been isolated in a small room and had not been spoken to by her parents since infancy. “Genie,” as she was later dubbed to protect her privacy by the psycholinguists who tested her, could not stand erect. At the time, she was unable to speak: she could only whimper. The case came to light when Genie’s 50-year-old mother ran away from her 70-year-old husband after a violent quarrel and took the child along. The mother was partially blind and applied for public assistance. Genie was sent to the Los Angeles Children’s Hospital for tests.\r\nThe discovery of Genie aroused intense curiosity among psychologists, linguists, neurologists, and others who study brain development. They were eager to know what Genie’s mental level was at the time she was found and whether she would be capable of developing her faculties. “It’s a terribly important case,” says Harlan Lane, a psycholinguist at Northeastern University who wrote The Wild Boy of Aveyron. “Since our morality doesn’t allow us to conduct deprivation experiments with human beings, these unfortunate people are all we have to go on.”
What is the purpose of this passage?
- A To correct the misconception about unfortunate people.
- B To report a specific case for scientific research.
- C To explore the causes of mental illness.
- D To help people who cannot speak.
思路引導 VIP
請留意文章的第二段，作者列舉了心理學家、語言學家與神經學家對這個女孩的高度關注。為什麼作者要特別強調「道德不允許我們對人類進行剝奪實驗」這句話？這暗示了科學家們將這個女孩的案例看作是什麼樣的存在？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
科學研究中的「自然實驗」
同學做得非常好！你精準地掌握了這篇文獻導讀的核心。這篇文章並非單純敘述一個悲慘的故事，而是透過介紹「Genie」這位女孩，說明她在神經科學與語言發展研究上的獨特性。文中特別提到，科學家們對她的心智水平與發展潛力充滿好奇，且因為倫理道德禁止人為進行「剝奪實驗」，這種極端且不幸的真實案例便成了學術界研究人類心智不可多得的素材。
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