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Sigmund Freud - Analysis of a Phobia in a Five Year Old Boy
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Mind Map on Sigmund Freud - Analysis of a Phobia in a Five Year Old Boy, created by Ellen Powell on 21/11/2014.
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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
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