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The Dream Analysis of Little Hans in Freud (1909)
- Aim
- To monitor the development of a child up to the age of 4-5 years
and to gain detail about 'normal' child development; his secondary
aim was to cure Little Hans of his phobia of horses
- To monitor the development of a child up to the age of 4-5 years
and to gain detail about 'normal' child development; his secondary
aim was to cure Little Hans of his phobia of horses
- Procedure
- Hans spoke to his farther about his dreams and fears. Freud
analysed the information sent in letters from the Farther
- Hans spoke to his farther about his dreams and fears. Freud
analysed the information sent in letters from the Farther
- Oedipus Complex
- From the age 4 years old Hans had sexual feelings for his mother and was jealous of
his father because of this. To resolve this he takes on his dad's behaviour
- From the age 4 years old Hans had sexual feelings for his mother and was jealous of
his father because of this. To resolve this he takes on his dad's behaviour
- Giraffe Dream
- Manifest Content
- 'In the night there was abig giraffe in the room and a crumpled one:
and the big one called out because I took the crumpled one away
from it. Then it stopped calling out: and I sat down on top of the
crumpled one'
- 'In the night there was abig giraffe in the room and a crumpled one:
and the big one called out because I took the crumpled one away
from it. Then it stopped calling out: and I sat down on top of the
crumpled one'
- Latent Content
- As Hans wanted the 'little giraffe' which was a symbol for his
mother and the big giraffe shouting at Hans' father. This
illustrated the Oedipus complex because it showed little Hans'
sexual feelings for his mother
- As Hans wanted the 'little giraffe' which was a symbol for his
mother and the big giraffe shouting at Hans' father. This
illustrated the Oedipus complex because it showed little Hans'
sexual feelings for his mother
- Manifest Content
- Plumber Dream
- Manifest content
- Hans dreamt that a plumber removed his bottom
and 'widdler' and then gave him another (larger)
one of each
- Hans dreamt that a plumber removed his bottom
and 'widdler' and then gave him another (larger)
one of each
- Latent Content
- Hans is jealous of his fathers big 'widdler' hand wants a bigger
one in order to get his mother Also indicative of his castration
complex
- Hans is jealous of his fathers big 'widdler' hand wants a bigger
one in order to get his mother Also indicative of his castration
complex
- Manifest content
- Evaluation
- Strengths
- High in validity. TIB the use of the case study
method/dream analysis meant that Freud gatherd
qualitative data that was very detailed/in depth
- The study had practical applications for treating phobias. TIB
it helped little Hans to get over his phobia of horses
- Ethical. TIB Little Hans was not his real
name, so it was confidential
- High in validity. TIB the use of the case study
method/dream analysis meant that Freud gatherd
qualitative data that was very detailed/in depth
- Weakness'
- Low in validity. TIB Hans' parents knew about
Freuds theory therefor may have interpreted little
Hans behaviour in line with the theory
- Low in generalisabilty. TIB it was beased on one boy
who is unique and does not represent the whole
population
- Low reliability.TIB other
pyschologists might have
interpreted Little Hans's
fantasies differently from
Freud because not everyone
thinks the same so the
findings are subjective as
they are qualititive
- Low in validity. TIB Hans' parents knew about
Freuds theory therefor may have interpreted little
Hans behaviour in line with the theory
- Strengths
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