PrepTest 115, Section 3, Question 14

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Passage 2Bettelheim and parent-centered interpretations of fairy tales
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Fairy tales address themselves to two communities, each(459 more words not shown)

According to the author, recent(4 more words not shown)

Reading the passage

The recent psychoanalytic work challenges the picture of selfish children and innocent adults. The final paragraph says that picture has been “discredited to some extent.” That's the particular finding we need, with the qualification intact.

Working the answers

  • A

    No finding about damage to children's emotional development is reported.

  • B

    This makes adults less responsible for improper parenting. The cited work instead challenges the tendency to treat adults as innocent.

  • C

    The writer describes a pervasive feature of “our society,” not every modern society. That broader claim also isn't the finding attributed to the recent literature.

  • D

    Children's desire and revenge describe Bettelheim's interpretation. That isn't the challenge the recent work raises against him.

  • E
    Correct

    Questionable validity matches “discredited to some extent.” The picture has been challenged; we don't need to claim that every part of it has been conclusively disproved.

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