PrepTest 104, Section 3, Question 25
Freud's essay on "The Uncanny" can be said(458 more words not shown)
According to the passage, Bettelheim(9 more words not shown)
- Afind in fairy(6 more words not shown)
- Bdo not associate(5 more words not shown)
- Cdo not find(5 more words not shown)
- Dare aware that(4 more words not shown)
- Eare reassured by(2 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The text defines “benignly” for us: “for their own good.” Bettelheim thinks children use the story constructively, finding something that helps with their own needs. We need that idea, rather than any true statement about how children encounter fairy tales.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Finding answers to their needs is the benefit described. It also connects with the preceding statement that children find their own solutions by thinking about their inner conflicts.
- B
This concerns Freud's distinction about the uncanny, not Bettelheim's claim that children interpret stories for their own benefit.
- C
The children do look for meaning—what the story implies about their conflicts. This denies the interpretive activity on which Bettelheim's account depends.
- D
Knowing a story is fiction doesn't mean interpreting it for one's own good. The text doesn't define the term through awareness that the events are imaginary.
- E
Parental approval is a separate way to strengthen the effect. “Benignly” describes what children get from their own interpretation, not reassurance supplied by a parent.
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