In 1967, this researcher proffered a false theory that bad mothering and weak or absent fathers caused infantile autism. Who is this researcher?
A) Andrew Wakefield
B) Bruno Bettelheim
C) Leo Kanner
D) Hans Asperger

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Bruno Bettelheim was the researcher who incorrectly theorized that autism was caused by "refrigerator mothers" and a lack of proper parenting, a notion that has since been thoroughly discredited by further scientific research.

In 1967, This Researcher Proffered a False Theory That Bad