To prove his theory of the Oedipus Complex and to help "Little Hans"
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What were Freud's psychosexual stages?
1. Oral 2. Anal 3. Phallic 4. Latency 5. Genital
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What are the 3 Personalities?
Id, Ego, Superego
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What was the sample?
1 boy, Little Hans, from age 3-6. Freud put out an ad to his followers
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What was the procedural method?
Letters between Freud & Han's dad, Max Graf, giving data for advice & interpretations
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What did Little Hans' fear of the bath represent?
Wanting to drown his little sister, and being afraid his mother would drown him
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What did Little Hans' fear of his "widdler" come from?
His mother threatened to chop off his "widdler" if he kept playing with it and therefore became scared of touching it.
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What did Little Hans' fear of horses biting him represent?
The horse looked like his father and he was jealous of the horse, the biting represented castration.
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What did Little Hans' fear of public transport represent?
Relates to competition for mother's attention and also pregnancy.
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What did the "Giraffe Dream" mean?
Hans wanted his mother to himself. crumpled giraffe is mother and long necked (erect) giraffe is father.
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What did the "Plumber Dream" mean?
Shows him becoming his father and having a big "widdler" attached.
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What did the "Children Dream" mean?
Links to Oedipus complex.
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Why did Little Hans ask his mum to clean his "widdler?"
It was him seducing his mother through showing her his "widdler" and making her touch it.
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What did this study do for Freud's theory?
It proved his theory.
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What was the validity for the experiment like?
It was ecologically valid but did not have population validity, the internal validity was compromised by the use of leading questions, interpretations of dreams and Freud's bias
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What was the reliability for the experiment like?
Internal validity is bad as it cannot easily be replicated, and the external validity is compromised by the small sample stopping generalisable.
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What was Freud's aim?
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To prove his theory of the Oedipus Complex and to help "Little Hans"
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