Psychsexual stages

• 1. Oral (0-18months)
  2. Anal (18months to 4 years)
  3. Phallic (4years to 6 years)
  4. Latent (6years to puberty)
  5. Genital (Puberty to adult)
• Each stage focuses on obtaining pleasure
• How parents raise a child affects how much pleasure is obtained through that stage
• Freud - case study of little hans - method

  • Freud case-study of child who had phobia of horses
  • Made notes of dreams and analysed them
• Freud - case study of little hans - Findings

  • Hans afraid of horses he thought they might bite him
  • Hans developed interest in his penis
  • Mum said not to play with it or it'll be cut off
  • Told dad he had a dream he married his mum
• Freud - case study of little hans - Conclusion

  • Hans reaches phallic stage of development and showed evidence of oedipus complex --> exclusive relationship with mum
  • Hans sexual feelings for mum shows the fear of horses was a displacement to protect him of his real fear of dad
  • Suffered castration anxiety
• Freud - case study of little hans - Evaluation

  • Case-study provides lots of detailed data
  • Results can't be generalised --> one subject
  • Cause and effect can't be established
  • Other explanations such as hans previously saw a horse falling in the street