Freud Flashcards
What was the key theme of the study
Understanding disorders
What area is the study part of
Individual differences area
What was the aim of the study
To test the Oedipus complex and identify the origins of mental disorders such as phobias
What was the background
Freuds psychodynamic theory
What was the method
Longitudinal case study
What is a case study
A type do study that gathers information on one individual or a small group of people
Why is the study considered longitudinal
Documents developments in little hans fears from when he was 3 to 5
What was the sample
One boy - little hans
How was data collected in the study
Data gathered by little hand father and passed on to Freud
What was the procedure
Just before 3 showed interest in widdler
Tendency to masturbate - mother threatened doctor woudl cut it off
At 3.5 he got a little sister who he wished his mother would drown in bath
He developed fear of being bitten by white horses
Fear generalised to carts and buses
He had fantasies and day dreams both before and after development of his phobia
Received help from Freud and father, after parenting fanatays his illness ended
What was the results of his fears
The phobia of horses - represented his father - dark around mouth is dads beard and blinkers were the glasses
This was because of Oedipus complex
Why was he fascinated with his widdler
Oedipus complex
What was the giraffe daydream about
Take mother away from father and keep her to himself - Oedipus complex
Why did he fear the bath
More acceptable to be scared of water than it is to admit he wants his mum to kill his baby sister
What were the results from plumber fantasy
Plumber gave him larger widdler and bottom so hans wants to be more like his father
No longer frightened of father - identified with him
