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6. Which fantasy/dream marked Little Hans identifying with his father?

  • A dream where Little Hans' and his father were horses, and Little Hans with the bigger horse with the bigger penis
  • A plumber coming and replacing Little Hans' bottom and penis with larger ones
  • Fantasising that he had children with his mother, and his father was the grandfather
  • Removing a crumpled giraffe (his mother) from a large giraffe with an erect neck (his father)

7. How old was little Hans at the start of this study?

  • 6
  • 5
  • 3
  • 4

8. What created Little Hans' fear of castration?

  • Seeing a horse collapse and die on the street
  • His mum threatening to cut off his "widdler" if he kept playing with it
  • His desire to kill his father to remove him as a rival for his mother's affection
  • His father kicking him out of the family bed

9. What happened at around the same time as Little Hans' development of his horse phobia

  • He had a dream about giraffes
  • His father kicked him out of the family bed
  • His mum threatened to cut of his "widdler" if he kept playing with it
  • His father threatened him for not doing well enough at school

10. What did Freud conclude as causing the Phobia?

  • Hans' fear of horses was because he was suffering castration anxiety as he was going through the Oedipus complex
  • Hans's fear of horses was because he was suffering from castration anxiety because his mum threatened to cut of his "widdler" and his father didn't defend him
  • Hans's fear of horses was because he feared that his father would take away his mother's affection for him, but wanted it all to himself
  • Hans' fear of horses was because he had a fixation from his oral phase, which when unresolved led to a heightened Oedipus complex being developed