Question

What was the term, coined by bettelheim, to describe the thought that cold, rigid mothers were the cause of a child's autism?

Answer 1

the answer to this question is refrigerator mom
Refrigerator mom is characterized by the lack of maternal warmth and affections toward her children.
Battelheim believed that this behavior caused mental/emotional destruction for the children that eventually resulted in autistic behavior (even though there is no strong proof of this)