Freud Flashcards
(19 cards)
outline the definition of the oedipus complex
A child seeing the father as rival to their mothers love, They are attracted to their mother
Outline what is meant by the castration anxiety complex
-Scared pf being castrated
Outline what is meant by a phobia
This i s the irrational fear of an object or thing
Outline the background to Freuds study
Stages of psychosexual development
Oral stage
Anal stage
Phallic stage
-oedipus complex
-electra complex
latency stage
genital stage
Outline the overall aim of the study by FReud
To attempt to provide evidence in support of his psychosexual development theory
Outline what experimental method was used
Case study
-1 participant was studied in detail
Outline the sample of Freud
1 participant
Little Hans
Austrian
Outline the sampling method used by freud
Self Selecting
-Freud put out a message to his adherants and little hans father volunteered
Outline the procedure used by Freud
- Litlle Hans father sent letters to Freud on observations about his child
- Freud sent letters back explaining his theories and what this meant
Outline Freuds reasoning for Little Hans phobia of carts furniture vans and buses fearing they would fall over when they tuned
This may be because Hans had seen a bus horse fall down and kick out with its feet when out with his mother. This has come to be a likely scary experience for a young boy
Outline Freuds reasoning for Little Hans phobia of horses particularly when they wear blinkers and the black bit around their mouths
The horse may represent Hans father with the horses blinkers being like his glasses and the muzzle like his moustache
Outline Freuds reasoning for Little Hans phobia of the bath fearing that his mother would let go and let him drown
Interpreted as Hans being jelaous of his sister getting all the attention and his mum would forget him and let him drown due to focusing on his sister
Outline Freuds explanation of the dream/ fantasy ‘Hans was being powdered around his penis by his mother who was taking care not to touch it Hans asked “ why dont you put your finger their” to which his mother replied bevause its not proper
-This was seen as Hans desiring his mother and as a seduction attempt by Hans of hs mother as he was asking her to touch hin
Outline Freuds explanation for Hans climbing into his mothers bed and saying “ do you know what aunt M said? he has got a dear little thingummy”
Freud said that this was a seduction attempt of his mother by showing his mother what others thought about him
Outline what is meant by the girraffe fantasy
-Little Hans had a dream about there being a big girrafe and a small girraffe; the big one called out because he took the crumpled one away. Then it stopped calling out and he sat on top ofthe crumpled giraffe
Outline Freuds explanation of the giraffe fantasy
-Hans father suggested that the big giraffe represented him due to the long neck representing his penis and the crumpled one his mother.
The fact that Hans had come into his mothers bedroom was seen as a desire for his mothers genitl organ
Outline what freud explained about HAns being pre-occupied with lumf (poo) by following his mother and friend tothe toilet
Freud said that the interest in defacation represented the concerns bout a heavily loaded stomach (pregnancy) of his mother causng eben less attention on him
what was freuds explanation for HAns calling is imaginry friend LODI
-name is simher baby onn te attention ti nom ilair to the name for sausage
-still caught up with faeces and effect of having anot
Outline Freuds conclusions
Freud claimed that he had learnt nothing new from studying Little Hans’ case and that the study provided support for:
His psychosexual stages of development.
That boys during the phallic stage develop an Oedipus complex (little Hans wanted his father ‘out of the way’ so that he could have the affections of his mother all to himself)
That phobias are the result of unconscious anxieties which have been displaced onto external objects (the fear of his father finding out about his desires displaced into a fear of horses)
