Freud

Question 1

Area

Answer 1

Individual Differences Area

Question 2

What is the Oedipus complex?

Answer 2

Incestuous feelings felt by a son towards his mother

Question 3

What are Freud’s stages of psychosexual development?

Answer 3

1. Oral (child fascinated with putting things in their mouth)
2. Anal (child can keep excrement inside until they feel contractions)
3. Phallic (boys see differences in their body to girls and fear the girls have been castrated. The Oedipus Complex arises and they begin to see their father as a rival)
4. Latency (child’s interest is diverted to other interests and hobbies like sports)
5. Genital (sexual desire increases but towards people who resemble them)

Question 4

Aim

Answer 4

To provide evidence for Freud’s theory of psychosexual development

Question 5

Sample

Answer 5

Little Hans from Austria

Question 6

Observation method

Answer 6

Self-report

Question 7

Sampling method

Answer 7

Self-selecting

Question 8

Procedure

Answer 8

1. The father recorded Hans’ behaviours and wrote weekly letters to Freud
2. Freud replied with his own interpretation and guidance on what to look for

Question 9

Findings for Hans’ phobias

Answer 9

He was fearful of horses with blinkers because they resembled his father with glasses
He was scared of being let go in the bath by his mother because he secretly wished that would happen to his sister so that he wouldn’t have to share her attention - and then was being punished for that wish

Question 10

Findings for Hans’ fantasies

Answer 10

He was playing with imaginary friends pretending to be the dad because it allowed him to be with his mother
Hans was interested in faeces when he followed his mother into the toilet because he was concerned about a loaded stomach (meaning pregnancy) taking away his mother’s attention

Question 11

Conclusions

Answer 11

His theory of psychosexual development was correct
The Oedipus Complex is correct
Phobias come from the unconscious