Little Hans- Freud
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- Little Hans
- Hans himself
- 3 years old when he first became a patient of Freud
- Just beginning the phallic stage of development
- Started to develop an active interest in widdlers, other people's widdlers and widdling
- Asked "mummy, have you got a widdler too?"
- Wanted other girls in his class to sleep with him
- Wanted to widdle with them and other boys
- Wanted other girls in his class to sleep with him
- At around three and a half his mother told Hans to stop playing with his widdler otherwise she threatened to call the doctor and get him to cut it off
- Possibly causing castration fear
- This could have forced Hans to have castration fear so can't be used as evidence for Freud's theory
- Lacks validity
- This could have forced Hans to have castration fear so can't be used as evidence for Freud's theory
- Caused a build up of frustration of wanting to touch his penis but not being able to, leading to suppressed desires
- Hans did start to improve after his father assured him that he wasn't going to cut off his penis
- On the advice of Freud
- When his mother was powdering his body he wanted her to touch his widdler
- Possibly causing castration fear
- Asked "mummy, have you got a widdler too?"
- Hans' father contacted Freud as he thought that Freud may take interest in his sons case
- At the age of five Hans developed a phobia that a white horse would bite him in the street
- Hans' father wrote to Freud and explained that he thought that it was linked to a phobia of large penis'.
- An example of Hans' fathers interpretations possibly tampering with the results and affecting objectivity and validity
- The phobia of the horse is actually a manifestation of Hans' fear of his father
- The blinkers represented his fathers glasses, the mouthpiece his fathers moustache and the white colour is due to the fact his dad was a pale man
- He was sacred that his father would find out about his love for his mother
- And cut off his penis as a consequence
- The fear of being bitten is a manifestation of his fear of his father castrating him
- For his desire of his mother
- Oedipus complex
- Hans' father wrote to Freud and explained that he thought that it was linked to a phobia of large penis'.
- Hans' family lived outside a coaching inn which meant he had to encounter many horses- this meant he didn't want to leave the house
- When first questioned about this- Hans said that he was frightened of the horses falling over and making a noise with their feet.
- He was especially frightened of Horses carrying heavily laden carts
- Hans had once seen a horse die in the street when he was out with his nurse
- When it had collapsed Hans had been afraid of the sound it made when it fell with its hooves clattering against the cobbles
- The phobia could have just been caused by this event
- When it had collapsed Hans had been afraid of the sound it made when it fell with its hooves clattering against the cobbles
- Hans suffered from anxiety attacks
- Hans disliked the mouthpieces of the horses
- Freud believed that this resembled his fathers moustache
- He noted that when he observed them Hans said to his father- "daddy don't trot away from me"
- Freud believed that this resembled his fathers moustache
- Hans was forbidden from sleeping in the same bed as his parents
- Caused frustration
- Hans began to identify with his father in order to help him cope with this castration fear
- He and his father used to play "horses" where his father would take the role of the horse and Hans would ride him
- Hans was jealous of his sister Hanna
- He saw himself as more important and that she had a smaller widdler
- Wanted to drop her in the toilet like a poo
- Jealousy over his mothers diverted attention
- Wanted to drop her in the toilet like a poo
- He saw himself as more important and that she had a smaller widdler
- 3 years old when he first became a patient of Freud
- Aims
- To treat Hans' phobias
- Hans improved over time and came to Freud's office aged nineteen saying that he couldn't remember the study and that he was now completely healed
- To prove Freud's psychosexual stages theory
- Does provide evidence for this theory
- Doesn't show how common the Oedipus complex is amongst boys of this age
- Freud believed it to be universal
- To explore what had leas to the phobia in the first place
- To treat Hans' phobias
- Procedure
- Freud only ever met Hans once
- He was asked about his phobia of horses and about his father
- After this Hans' condition began to improve
- Freud studied Hans through correspondence with his father using letters
- Hans' father was familiar with Freud's theories
- Possible subjectivity and bias which could lead to a lack of validity
- Could have provided clues or encouraged Hans to act in a certain way
- Hans' father and Freud worked together to analyse Hans
- Hans' father was familiar with Freud's theories
- Freud suggested questions that Hans' father could ask him
- Hans' father would ask these and then report back to Freud
- Hans' father provided Freud with detailed accounts of their conversations
- If he wrote the letter a while after the conversation he may have missed out certain important elements and tampered with details
- Only studied Hans
- Lack of generalizability
- Can't be generalised to the target population
- The study could have caused Hans psychological harm
- Lack of generalizability
- Freud only ever met Hans once
- Dreams
- At around three years old the main basis of his dreams was widdlers and widdling.
- Giraffe dream: Hans dreamt that there was a large giraffe in the room along with a small crumpled one. He said that the large one called out as Hans took the crumpled one away from it and called out again when Hans sat on it
- Hans had been to the zoo recently before this dream
- It could have just been a result of this
- Representing what goes on in the morning of their house- Hans liked to get in the bed with his parents but his father objected
- The large giraffe could represent his father objecting when his mother (the crumpled giraffe) was taken away by Hans
- Freud and Hans' father believed the long neck of the giraffe represented a large adult penis
- Hans rejected this idea
- Hans had been to the zoo recently before this dream
- Fantasies
- Hans had several imaginary children
- When asked, Hans said that his mother was the mother of these children and his father was the grandfather of the children. Hans was the father of these children.
- This helped him resolve the Oedipus complex
- Demonstrated his love for his mother and his wanting to be with her
- When asked, Hans said that his mother was the mother of these children and his father was the grandfather of the children. Hans was the father of these children.
- He told his father of these fantasies
- The second fantasy occurred the next day and Hans fantasised that a plumber had come and removed his bottom and widdler and then replaced them both with larger ones
- Hans fantasised about having a big penis like his fathers
- Hans had several imaginary children
- Hans himself
- Freudian analysis
- Evaluation
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