Freud often developed his theories based on his experiences with patients. Why was this method criticized?
A) His critics were often too specific to individual cases and were not generalizable to others.
B) Because of the patients' privacy, other scientists could never verify the details of his case studies.
C) The majority of his patients were women and thus biased against men.
D) Modern psychoanalytic therapy is very different from Freud's psychoanalytic theory.

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Because of the patients' privacy, other scientists could never verify the details of his case studies.

Freud Often Developed His Theories Based on His Experiences with Patients