LITTLE HANS

Question 1

WHOSE STUDY

Answer 1

FREUD

Question 2

WHAT YEAR

Answer 2

1909

Question 3

WHICH APPROACH

Answer 3

PSYCHODYNAMIC

Question 4

AIM?

Answer 4

TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND A 5 YEAR OLD BOY’S PHOBIA OF HORSES AND TREAT IT

Question 5

WHAT TYPE OF ANALYSIS DID THE CASE STUDY USE

Answer 5

DREAM ANALYSIS

Question 6

WHAT PROCEDURE DID THE STUDY FOLLOW

Answer 6

• FREUD MET HANS TWICE
• MOST INFO CAME FROM HAN’S FATHER WHO WAS A FOLLOWER OF FREUD’S WORK
• HAN’S MOTHER AND FATHER DOCUMENTED HIS DEVELOPMENT TO TEST FREUD’S IDEAS

Question 7

KEY THEMES OF CASE STUDY

Answer 7

• WIDDLERS/WIPING BOTTOMS
• WANTED SISTER AND FATHER DEAD (DROWNING IN BATH)
• HORSE PHOBIA (WHITE HORSES WITH BLACK MOUTH /EYES). HAD SEEN HORSE AND CART FALL
• PLAYING WITH DOLLS, FATHER WAS GRANDFATHER
• NOT PUTTING FINGER ON HORSE (REMINDS OF TOUCHING WIDDLER), CASTRATION COMPLEX
• PLUMBER CUTTING OFF HIS WIDDLER (CASTRATION)

Question 8

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS

Answer 8

• DENYING INTEREST IN WIDDLERS SHOWS REPRESSION
• WIPING BOTTOMS - ANAL PHASE
• WANTED FATHER AND SISTER DEAD - OEDIPUS COMPLEX, ATTACHMENT TO MOTHER

Question 9

CONCLUSIONS ?

Answer 9

LITTLE HANS OFFERED EVIDENCE FOR FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES AND THEORY OF HOW GENDER DEVELOPS

Question 10

EVALUATE STRENGTHS

Answer 10

-FREUD GATHERED INFO FROM
INFO GAINED DIRECTLY FROM THE LITTLE BOY (VIA HIS FATHER) SO DATA WAS VALID
- FREUD’S FOCUS ON SEXUAL MATTERS AND UNCONSCIOUS PROCESSSES HAS LED TO PSYCHOANALYSIS AND OTHER PSYCHOTHERAPIES BEING DEVELOPED.
-“TALKING CURE” AND “LISTENING CURE” IS EVIDENT IN MODERN COUNSELLING TECHNIQUES
- ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY, HANS WAS IN HIS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
- ETHICAL, HANS UNDER 16 AND PARENTS GAVE CONSENT

Question 11

EVALUATE WEAKNESSES

Answer 11

• PARENTS FOLLOWED FREUD SO DATA COULD BE BIASED
• DREAM ANALYSIS INVOLVES
  SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SO COULD BE INTERPRETED DIFFERENTLY BY OTHERS
• LACK OF GENERALISABILITY, ONLY ONE YOUNG BOY
  -LACK OF EXPERIMENTAL VALIDITY- FEW CONTROLS, RESULTS COULD BE EFFECTED BY OTHER VARIABLES
  -LOW RELIABILITY, CASE STUDY IS UNIQUE SO CAN’T BE REPLICATED, CONCLUSIONS NOT SCIENTIFICALLY SHOW
  -FREUD INGNORED OTHER REASONS FOR PHOBIA EG SAW HORSE COLLAPSE IN STREET