Freud INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES Flashcards

Question 1

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Aim(s)

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To document the case of little Hans who was suffering from anxiety that led to a phobia.

To support his ideas about:
- child development / Oedipus complex
- origins of mental disorders ie phobias
- value of psychoanalysis for treating mental disorder

Question 2

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Design

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Case study of single individual

Longitudinal (2 years)

Question 3

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Sample

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one boy: little Hans (3-5years old)
developing normally, then phobia
opportunity sample

Selected;
His father was interested in Freuds work

give him the opportunity to explore his theories of the origin of phobias / psychosexual development.

Question 4

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Research techniques

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conversation between father and son, recorded by father - interview and self report
observations of events in Hans’s life: recorded by father

Question 5

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Psychoanalysis
Background

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Refer to Freuds theory of personality development and a form of therapy (talking cure)
Helps patients become consciously aware of unconscious feelings - allowing them to recover

Question 6

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Theory of mental disorder.
Background

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Explained in terms of:
- ego
- super ego
- id

Ego defence mechanisms

Question 7

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Theory of personality
Background

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Adult personality is shaped by childhood events:
Children go through various rages of development. Each stage a child needs torrdolvd certain conflicts in order for healthy psychological development to continue

Third - phallic Steve (Focus on genitals-4 yrs)

During this stage boys experience Oedipus complex which has three key components

Boys desire their mothers

They see their fathers as a rival wishing them dead - a desire which is repressed

It is eventually resolved when w boy comes to identify with his father