PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 23
Freud's essay on "The Uncanny" can be said(458 more words not shown)
According to the passage, Bettelheim(15 more words not shown)
- Amost troubled children(4 more words not shown)
- Bmost children believe(5 more words not shown)
- Cthe parents' telling(12 more words not shown)
- Dthe parents can(11 more words not shown)
- Ethe parents can(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
A parent choosing to tell the story communicates approval of it. That's Bettelheim's stated reason the telling strengthens its effect. We don't need a new theory about why reading with a parent might help.
Working the answers
- A
We aren't told that most troubled children can't or don't read independently. The explanation concerns approval, not access to the story.
- B
Approval of a story doesn't establish that children believe everything their parents say. That broader claim isn't supplied.
- CCorrect
“Sanction” here means approval. Paragraph 4 says parents communicate their endorsement of the tales to their child. This restates that reason.
- D
Choosing to tell a story isn't the same as directing the child's interpretation to match the parent's beliefs. Bettelheim gives the child an active role in finding meaning.
- E
We aren't told parents strengthen the effect by reassuring children that the events aren't real. Their approval of the tale is the relevant message.
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