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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...
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?
Bettelheim's Assumptions ·1. Children will interpret a story benignly and 2. Freudian interpretations will accurately represent children't interpretations
Passage Style
Single position
23.
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Question Type
Stated
This is explicitly stated in P4: by telling fairy tales to children, parents show their approval of those stories. They’re effectively putting their stamp of approval on whatever messages the child takes from the story.
a
most troubled children ██ ███ ████ █████████████
This isn’t part of Bettelheim’s explanation. He never suggests that children can’t or won’t read the stories themselves; he just thinks that when parents do the telling, they’re showing their approval of those stories and the messages within them.
b
most children believe ████████ █████ ███████ ████ ████
This isn’t part of Bettelheim’s explanation. He never suggests that children believe the stories their parents tell them are true; he just thinks that when parents do the telling, they’re showing their approval of those stories and the messages within them.
Stated. By telling fairy tales to children, parents sanction (i.e., approve) those stories.
d
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Anti-supported. Bettelheim thinks that the therapeutic effect of fairy tales comes from children finding their own interpretations of the stories, not from looking to their parents’ interpretation.
e
the parents can ████████ ███ ████████ ████ ███ █████ ███ █████████
This isn’t part of Bettelheim’s explanation. He never suggests that children believe the stories to be true or that parents reassure them otherwise. He just thinks that when parents do the telling, they’re showing their approval of those stories and the messages within them.
Difficulty
90% of people who answer get this correct
This is a moderately difficult question.
It is similar in difficulty to other questions in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%136
146
75%156
Analysis
Stated
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
0%
160
b
5%
161
c
90%
169
d
4%
162
e
1%
157
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