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American sociologists Kingsley Davis composed an article in “Sociological Footprints” titled Final note on a case of extreme isolation. The article was distributed in March of 1947, was investigation of the development of a young lady named Anna, who had been locked in an attic for six years, how her isolation influenced her capacity to work socially and rationally. The article gives moderately point by point review of how an express absence of human contact and care had made Anna to be seriously lacking in mental and social skills. The article was supplemented with extra research in regards to another secluded child, which filled in as a state of comparison from which Davis makes inferences about variables that may clarify how isolation early

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