On the Basis of Case Study Research, Psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim

question 122

Multiple Choice

On the basis of case study research, psychoanalyst Bruno Bettelheim wrote that autism in children is caused by cold and rejecting mothers. Thousands of women blamed themselves for lacking warmth. The example is described in order to:

• A) demonstrate that nurture is more important than nature in psychological problems such as autism.
• B) illustrate the importance of motherhood so that other children don't suffer this type of tragedy.
• C) illustrate that drawing conclusions solely on the basis of case studies can have disastrous results.
• D) demonstrate that case studies are able to establish causal connections in some clinical cases.

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