Freud Flashcards
Aim?
To provide evidence for Freuds theory of infantile sexuality and the origin of phobias
Prompted by?
Precious analysis of patients that led him to form an idea that childhood was often traumatic
Case study?
Little Hans
How old was the participant?
3 to 5 years old
What nationality was Hans?
Austrian
What was the data collected?
Data collected from Little Hans Father then sent on to Freud
Detailed information?
Detailed information for 24/7 over 2 years
Why did Little Hans Father do it?
fan of Freud so he may of manipulated results
What did his Mum say?
Mum said he’d get it cut off if he kept playing with it
Constration complex?
Repressed feelings of pleasure and Oedipus complex
Beginning of phallic stage?
Liked to go to petting zoos to see animal dicks, thought his sister had a dick and it would grow bigger when she was older
3 year old Hans?
Keen interest in his ‘widdler’
Hans death wish?
Hans death with for his Father and baby sister (hitting his father and drowning sister) and then kissing it better and wishing his mother would touch his dik
Phobias?
Horses; saw a horse and cart and it fell down and he thought it was dead also looked similar to how Dad and cart falling over represented death wish of his sister as it was birth of his sister
Plumber story?
The plumber story showed little Hans to become more like an silt male identifying with Father
