FREUD

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

To use the case of little Hans to confirm whether Freuds theories about the unconscious and Oedipus complex were true or not

Question 2

1st stage

Answer 2

The oral stage , sucking thumbs

Question 3

Anal stage

Answer 3

Children enjoy holding In and expelling faeces

Question 4

Phallic stage

Answer 4

Develop feeling for parents in opposite sex

Question 5

Conclusion

Answer 5

Freud claims to have learnt nothing new from the analysis

Question 6

Validity

Answer 6

Leading questions could have affected outcome of the study , uncertain whether Freud got the material he did because of the way in which the questions were asked
Arguable there are more obvious explanations

Question 7

Reliability

Answer 7

Sample is too small to establish a consistent effect
To be able to say that children pass through 5 psychosexual stages of development, Freud would need to show this over a larger sample

Question 8

Reductionist and holism

Answer 8

Reductionist- explained little hand phobias and fantasies were down to his theory of psychosexual development only . However the research was done over 2 years in an unstructured way suggesting it was fairly holistic as it means hans was not restricted in the diff aspects of his exp