Psychodynamic Explanation for Phobia
- Created by: Cheyenne Meyer
- Created on: 23-05-13 16:31
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Phobia occurs with id impulses are repressed and anxiety is displaced another object or situation.
Little Hans-Freud (1909)
Phobias develop due to unresolved childhood conflict.
One way the ego deals with a childhood conflict is by displacing the fear onto another object.
Hans= Father displace onto horses.
Other theorists have argued that fear of spiders hides unconscious conflicts…
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