Freud- 'Little Hans'

Question 1

ID

Answer 1

. Primitive traits/instincts
. Pleasure principle with selfish thoughts & immoral urges
. Unconscious part of brain

Question 2

EGO

Answer 2

. Mediator between other 2
. Rational choices
. Conscious part of brain

Question 3

SUPEREGO

Answer 3

. Seeks extreme morality
. Sub-conscious part of brain

Question 4

Oral stage

Answer 4

Pleasure zone- mouth e.g. tasting & sucking
. Fixation can lead to dependency and aggression
. E.g. of issues: drinking, smoking

Question 5

Anal stage

Answer 5

P.Z- bladder & bowel as major conflict is toilet training and developing appt control leads to sense of accoplishment and independence
Innpt parental responses:
1. Laid back parents- child anal expulsive & can lead to a destructive personality
2. Strict parents- Child anal retentive & can lead to obsessive and rigid personality

Question 6

Phallic stage

Answer 6

P.Z- genitals
. Boys- Oedipus Complex- sexual feelings towards mother & fear father e.g. fear of castration
. Girls- Electra Complex- sexual feelings for their father & penis envy

Question 7

Latency stage

Answer 7

P.Z.- inactive sexual feelings
. Sexual feelings developing socially and intellectually
. Helps with communication skills & self-confidence

Question 8

Genital stage

Answer 8

P.Z- maturing sexual interests
. Strong feelings for opposite sex
. Interest in others’ welfare
. If other stages completed succesfully, person will be warm, caring

Question 9

Part of ID area?

Answer 9

.1st key assumption
.LH displayed Oedipus Complex (explain)
. He fears his father will castrate his ‘widdler’
. E.g. Dreams and fanstasies- white horse (father) biting him (castrating him)- he isn’t the average person as his father didn’t display such behaviour

OR

4th key assumption
. LH displaying Oedipus complex as psychological trait (explain)
. E.g. dream of giraffe and him claiming the crumpled giraffe (mother) as his, leaving the tall giraffe(father) to cry out or phobia of bathing/horses- not every child has same phobias and LH’s led him to fear castration so he is different and unique

Question 10

Nomothetic approach

Answer 10

Study of people as a whole population- studying larger groups e.g. quant. methods, surveys to find trends

Question 11

Idiographic study

Answer 11

Studying individuals e.g. case study, unstructured interviews