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Feminist critics of "double-bind" theory as an explanation for the etiology of schizophrenia have charged that in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting, mothers receive an unwarranted portion of blame for their children's distress.
A. in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
B. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting as the cause of a psychopathology
C. if a psychopathology is attributed to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
D. if the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting is attributed as a cause of a psychopathology
E. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages within the family as a cause for a psychopathology
A. in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
B. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting as the cause of a psychopathology
C. if a psychopathology is attributed to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
D. if the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting is attributed as a cause of a psychopathology
E. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages within the family as a cause for a psychopathology
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Feminist critics of "double-bind" theory as an explanation for the etiology of schizophrenia have charged that in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting, mothers receive an unwarranted portion of blame for their children's distress.
A. in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
Incorrect.
This answer choice is illogical. In the relative clause following that, the opening Misplaced Modifier in attributing a psychopathology to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting should logically describe "double bind" theory but instead it modifies mothers, which immediately follows it.
To clearly see this mistake, break down the sentence as follows:
- Feminist critics of "double-bind" theory as an explanation for the etiology of schizophrenia have charged that
[Relative clause:] in attributing [something], mothers receive an unwarranted portion of blame for their children's distress.
Notice that it's not the mothers who do the attribution - it's the theory.
B. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting as the cause of a psychopathology
Incorrect.
This answer choice repeats the original Misplaced Modifier mistake. In the relative clause following that, the opening Dangling Modifier in attributing the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting as the cause of a psychopathology should logically describe "double bind" theory but instead it modifies mothers, which immediately follows it.
In addition, this answer choice is idiomatically flawed and redundant. The correct idiom is attribute A to B (active) or A is attributed to B (passive). The verb attribute means to assign a reason to something. Therefore, to say attributing... as a cause of is redundant.
C. if a psychopathology is attributed to the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting
This answer choice corrects the Misplaced Modifier mistake in the original question, by replacing the modifier in attributing a psychopathology to [...] with a conditional clause if a psychopathology is attributed to [...].
To clearly see this mistake, break down the sentence as follows:
- Feminist critics of "double-bind" theory as an explanation for the etiology of schizophrenia have charged that
- [Relative clause:] in attributing [something], mothers receive an unwarranted portion of blame for their children's distress.
Notice that it's not the mothers who do the attribution - it's the theory.
In addition, this answer choice also correctly uses the idiom A is attributed to B.
D. if the communication of contradictory messages in the family setting is attributed as a cause of a psychopathology
Incorrect.
This answer choice is stylistically flawed and non-idiomatic. The correct idiom is attribute A to B (active) or A is attributed to B (passive). Since the idiom attribute to means to assign a reason to something, to say attributing... as a cause of is redundant.
E. in attributing the communication of contradictory messages within the family as a cause for a psychopathology
Incorrect.
This answer choice repeats the original Misplaced Modifier mistake. In the relative clause following that, the opening misplaced modifier in attributing the communication of contradictory messages within the family as a cause for a psychopathology should logically describe "double bind" theory but instead it modifies mothers, which immediately follows it.
To clearly see this mistake, break down the sentence as follows:
- Feminist critics of "double-bind" theory as an explanation for the etiology of schizophrenia have charged that
- [Relative clause:] in attributing [something], mothers receive an unwarranted portion of blame for their children's distress.
Notice that it's not the mothers who do the attribution - it's the theory.
In addition, this answer choice is stylistically flawed and non-idiomatic. The correct idiom is attribute A to B (active) or A is attributed to B (passive). Since the idiom attribute to means to assign a reason to something, to say attributing... as a cause for is redundant.
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