What was noam chomskys theory

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Socialization (Part One)

1. Read the Excerpt from C. Wright Mills book The Sociological Imagination (To Access this excerpt, Google the following: Excerpt from The Sociological Imagination C. Wright Mills the promise pdf) and answer the following questions:

a) What does C. Wright Mills mean by The Sociological Imagination?

b) What is the impact of history and biography relative to The Sociological Imagination?

c) What formula does he use to distinguish between Personal Problems and Social Issues?

d) Give a couple of examples in our contemporary society of Personal Problems and Social Issues.

2. Using the internet research the Monkey Experiments that Harry Harlow conducted during the late 1950' and 60's. Briefly Summarize the Experiments and the results of his findings,and possible implications for the socialization of humans. What were the ethical issues involved in these experiments?

You can find text and YouTube videos of these experiments by Googling:

Harlows Monkeys

Harry Harlow Monkey Experiments

An unethical experiment: Harlow's Monkeys

Part Two

Google: Genie Secrets of the wild child, after watching the documentary answer the following questions:

1. Summarize the case of Genie-depicted in the film Genie/Secrets of the wild child.

A) Were the researchers and clinicians: psychiatrists, psychologists, speech pathologists, teachers etc. successful in "normalizing" Genie; relative to her age in regards to her social and linguistic abilities?

B) What theories relative to language acquisition dominated the linguistic field in the 1970's?

C) What was Noam Chomskys' theory, and what was Eric Lennebergs' theory; relative to learning language for humans?

D) What eventually happened to Genie-where is she today?

E) What were some of the challenging dilemmas that the researcher had to grapple with in this case?

F) What ethical issues and court cases emerged as to how the researchers treated Genie?

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