Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Sigmund Freud -
Analysis of a Phobia in a
Five Year Old Boy
- Aim
- To document
the case of Little
Hans whose
anxiety led to a
phobia
- To support Freud's
ideas on the origins
of phobias and the
fact they are
influenced by
unconscious forces
- To support Freud's
ideas on
psychosexual stages
of development and
the Oedipus complex
- Collection of data
- Qualitative Data
- Observations of Little
Hans, conversations
conducted by his father
and sent via letters
- An interview
between Freud
and Little Hans
- Method
- Participant
- 5 year old boy
called Hans
- Austrian
- Case study
- Phobias
- Castration
- Feared his mother
would have his
widdler chopped off
- Water
- Wanted mother
to drop sister
- She could drop him
- White horses
- Father warned daughter
about horse biting her
- Horses pulling laden carts
- Saw a horse fall down
- Laden cart = Body full of lumf
- Represented
pregnant woman
- Repressed
anxiety about his
sister
- Horse kicking
about - his
behaviour when
defacating
- Dreams
- Giraffe Dream
- Hans took the crumpled giraffe
away from the big one after a while
the big one stopped calling out for it
- Plumber
Fantasy 1
- Plumber unscrewed
bath, stuck borer in
his stomach
- Plumber
Fantasy 2
- Plumber took away his
behind, and widdler with
pincers, replaced them with
bigger ones
- Parenting
Fantasy
- He was the father of
his imaginary
children with his
mother, his father
was the grandfather
- Results and Conclusions
- Final fantasy showed
he had resolved
feelings with his
father
- His fear of horses
subsided
- He decided Hans was
going through the
Oedipus Complex
- Due to
anxiety about
his mother's
desertion
- Saw conversations with
Hans as providing
powerful support for his
view that children have an
interest in sexual matters
from an early age
- The real causes of the
phobias lie in the hidden
conflicts of the unconscious
mind
- Hans went through the
psychosexual stages of
development
- Hans as a Little Oedipus
- Saw his father as a
rival for his
mother's attention
and affection
- Castration
anxiety - fear his
father would find
out about
troubles
- Wanted to be
his father and
wanted him
gone
- Fear of his
mother
deserting him
- Oedipus Complex
was resolved -
Identified with his
father in his final
fantasy