Freud

Question 0

How old was hand when the case study began?

Answer 0

4 years old

Question 1

Describe the Oedipus Conflict

Answer 1

• boy desires mother

* boy realised father has relationship with mother

Question 2

Describe Hans’ fear of being bites by a horse

Answer 2

• lived with family opposite coaching inn - afraid to leave house
• afraid of horses falling & making noises with their feet
• most afraid of horses drawing carts, that would bite him
• esp. afraid of white horses with black around the mouth wearing blinkers

Question 3

What did Freud say Han’ fear of horses represent?

Answer 3

Fear of father castrating him

Question 4

Describe Hans’ dream of the two giraffes

Answer 4

• big & small giraffe
• Hans took small giraffe away and big one cried out for it
• Hans then sat on small giraffe

Question 5

What did Freud say Hans’ giraffe dream represents?

Answer 5

Hans getting in bed with his parents in the morn & the dad not wanting Hans to take the mum away, but he does anyway

Question 6

Describe the dream of the two plumbers

Answer 6

• plumber took away Hans’ behind with a pair of pincers and then gave him another
• repeated with penis

Question 7

What did Hans’ father say the plumber dream represented?

Answer 7

Hans wanting to be like his father

Question 8

Describe the grandad dream

Answer 8

• Hans had his own children and his mother was their mother
• father was the grandad
• made father no longer a threat as a result of Hans’ affection for his mother

Question 9

What did Freud say Hans’ grandfather dream represents?

Answer 9

Evidence of the Oedipus theory - affection for mother - once Hans acknowledged this his problems would be resolved

Question 10

What are the advantages of the case study?

Answer 10

• 1 person, more focused - in depth study of behaviour

Question 11

What are the disadvantages of the case study?

Answer 11

• 1 person so not representative, can’t be generalised to target pop
• may develop relationship with Hans, subjective bias

Question 12

What is an issue with the sample?

Answer 12

1 person, difficult to generalise

Question 13

How valid is the data?

Answer 13

Very - especially ecologically valid as it was done through a parent at home

Question 14

Qualitative or quantitative data?

Answer 14

Purely qualitative

Question 15

How correct are the ethics of the study?

Answer 15

Very - consent from father

Hans interviewed ages 19 - no recollection

Question 16

How useful is the study?

Answer 16

Very - first hand evidence of Freud’s psycho sexual status of development