Baron Cohen Et Al

Question 1

trying to understand little hans, a five year old boy. exploring sexuality in relation to phobias

Answer 1

aim

Question 2

information came from hans dad, follower of Freud

Answer 2

procedure

Question 3

hans fear of white horses represented the fear of his father

Answer 3

results

Question 4

the black harness around the horses mouth represented his dads moustache

Answer 4

results

Question 5

the dream about the plumber replacing hans penis represented the resolution of the oedipus complex

Answer 5

results

Question 6

his fear of drowning in his bath represented his wish for his sister to die

Answer 6

results

Question 7

hans has been going through/successfully gone through the oedipus complex

Answer 7

conclusion

Question 8

hans was repressing his ‘widdler’ and this is why it came up in his dreams frequently

Answer 8

conclusion

Question 9

hans wiping his bum in hus dream was a representation of him going through the anal stage

Answer 9

conclusion

Question 10

provides rich, qualitative data

Answer 10

strength

Question 11

done in hans natural environment so there was high ecological validity

Answer 11

strength

Question 12

hid parents gave consent as he was under 16, considered ethical

Answer 12

strength

Question 13

lacked reliability, no set questions to ask hans so not repeatable

Answer 13

weakness

Question 14

only on one boy, not generalised

Answer 14

weakness

Question 15

may be biased as collected by hans father

Answer 15

weakness

Question 16

Freud had to collect the information so increasing subjectivity

Answer 16

weakness

Question 17

Freud ignored possible reasons for hans fear of horses, like the horse collapse in the street

Answer 17

weakness

Question 18

generalisability

Answer 18

only carried out on one boy, low.

Question 19

reliability

Answer 19

no set questions, low replicability

Question 20

ethics

Answer 20

high ethical consideration. for 1909, not alot had to be considered other than concent

Question 21

subjectivity

Answer 21

Freud had to interpret hans fathers data, may change to fit his data