SOCA 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Feral Child, Heredity, Symbolic Interactionism
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Case of identical twins i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. Identical twins are almost identical in their genetic makeup. If heredity determines personality or attitudes, temperament, skills, and intelligence then identical twins should be identical. Jack yufe and oskar stohr are identical twins they were separated as babies after their parents divorced. Jack was a jew and hated hitler, oskar loved hitler and hated jews. Feral children - children assumed to have been raised by animals, in the wilderness, isolated from humans i. ii. could not speak; they bit, scratched, growled, and walked on all fours. They drank by lapping water, ate grass, tore eagerly at raw meat, and showed insensitivity to pain and cold. Isolated children i. ii. iii. iv. v. unable to speak language is the key to human development. Without language, people have no mechanism for developing thought and communicating their experiences.