PT104.S3.P4.Q26

PrepTest 104 - Section 3 - Passage 4 - Question 26

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Intro to Topic · Freud's Sublime / uncanny
The Sublime is a sense of transcendence. We associate it with the uncanny. Mind over matter. Repression. I'm just going to pretend like I understand what Freud's talking about, like everyone else...
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Author · Freud could have analyzed fairy tales
Author thinks that fairy tales would have fit the "uncanny" Freudian analysis because they are connected with repressed desires.
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Freud · Did not analyze fairy tales
Freud didn't because everything is possible in a fairy tale hence nothing is incredible.
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Bettelheim · Used Freudian analysis for fairy tales
Author reveals attitude about Bettelheim with description of "wise innocence."
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Author’s Praise · Bettelheim's book is a splendid achievement
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Bettelheim · Fairy tales can be therapeutic for autistic children
Because a child's isolation, loneliness, and anxieties are addressed by fairy tales. When parents tell fairy tales to children, they are approving the fairy tales. Okay... wtf does this have to do with Freudian analysis? Are we just talking about something else now?
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Question · Why should fairy tales be therapeutic?
Bettelheim just said that fairy tales are therapeutic. Now we're saying, "Okay, but why is it therapeutic?"
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Bettelheim's Answer · Children contemplate the story's connection to their lives and find their own solutions
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Bettelheim's Assumptions · 1. Children will interpret a story benignly and 2. Freudian interpretations will accurately represent children't interpretations
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Which one of the following ████ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ████████████ █████

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approving of Bettelheim's █████████ ██ ████████ ███ █████████ ████████ ███████████████ ██ █████ █████

This captures the author’s approval but is wrong about the reason for that approval. Bettelheim didn’t reject orthodox and reductive Freudian interpretations of fairy tales. In fact,he embraced them.

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appalled at Bettelheim's █████████ ██ ███ ████████ ██████████ ██ ████████████ ████████ ███████

Wrong attitude. The author’s not appalled—she says that despite Bettelheim’s ignorance in this area, his work is excellent.

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unimpressed with Bettelheim's ████████ ███████

Wrong attitude. The author is positive about Bettelheim’s work, not negative. Even if we take her comments about his ignorance of past literary analysis as a criticism of his research methods, her attitude is that despite that ignorance, his work is excellent.

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skeptical of Bettelheim's █████ ████ █████ █████ ███ ███████████

Wrong attitude. The author is positive about Bettelheim’s work, not negative. And she never questions or critiques his conclusion that fairy tales are therapeutic.

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appreciative of Bettelheim's ██████████████ ███ █████████ ████████

Strongly supported. The author thinks Bettelheim’s work is a praiseworthy accomplishment that offers many insights.

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