freud

• freud aim


  to give an account of a boy who was suffering from a phobia of horses and a range of other symptoms, and to use this case to illustrate the existence of the Oedipus complex
• freud: participant 


  jewish boy from Vienna, Austria

  5 years old at the start of the study although some events were recorded from a couple years earlier - longitudinal study

  little hans, real name herbert graf

  father was a fan of freud's work and referred the case to freud and went on to provide much of the case information
• freud: design


  clinical case study - participant is a patient undergoing therapy, freud's direct input in the therapy was very limited

  saw little hans not more than twice

  hans' father conducted regular discussions with hans and passed these on to freud, who analysed them in line with his theory