Little Hans (1909)
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- Created on: 26-01-15 13:33
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- Little Hans (1909)
- Aim
- Report the findings of the treatment of a 5 year old boy for his fear of hourses
- Procedure
- Unique Case Study
- Used dream analysis
- Freud met Han's once/twice
- His parents documented developments of Han's
- Han's father was a fan of Freud and gave him information on Han's dreams
- Freud gave his father directions on how to deal with the reports
- His parents documented developments of Han's
- Description of Themes
- Widdler: 3 years old - interested in his and others widdlers - mother threatened to have the doctor cut it off if he touched his widdler.
- Han's in the phallic stage - in denial about his interest showing repression pushed unwanted desires into unconscious mind
- Lumpf: interest in wiping bottoms, toilet functions.
- unresolved conflict from anal stage
- Plumber: remove Han's bottom and widdler for larger ones. fear of horses disappears
- evidence of Oedipus complex. resolving issues and wants to be like his father
- resolving anxieties/ conflicts
- evidence of Oedipus complex. resolving issues and wants to be like his father
- Fear of horses: father connected to fear of large penis. anxiety dreams about losing his mother
- Oedipus complex and castration anxiety. horse represents father: had black bits and blinkers to show glasses and moustache
- Marriage: married his mother and plays with his children, his father is the grandfather. fear of horses gone
- Oedipus complex, resolving conflicts/ anxieties. doesn't want his father dead anymore. identified with him
- Wishing Father Dead: his dad went away a lot, closer relation formed with mother, family move so father is home more. Han's wished him dead, admits to be jealous of sister
- Oedipus complex. possessive of mother and wants dad dead. jealous of sister as she is more like mother
- Giraffe: big giraffe (unhappy) and crumbled giraffe Han's takes away when the calling stops he sits on the crumpled one
- Oedipus complex. symbolises Han's morning routine as his father objects to him getting in bed with them, he represses the feelings, focuses libido on her
- Widdler: 3 years old - interested in his and others widdlers - mother threatened to have the doctor cut it off if he touched his widdler.
- Evaluation
- Other explanation: classical conditioning explains his fear of horses
- Low reliability: unique case study, open to interpretation, no standardised procedure, cant be repeated with similar results
- High validity: lots of in depth qualitative data produced
- Subjective: Freud's interpretations of Han's father's interpretations, Freud only met Han's once or twice, Han's father was a fan of Freud
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