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Flowchart showing Hans, mother as desired parent, father as rival, Oedipus complex and castration anxiety leading by displacement to horse phobia, with callouts fear horse will bite and black muzzle and blinkers linked to the father's moustache and glasses

Freud (1909) is a classic core study in the Individual differences area and the theme Understanding disorders. Using the psychodynamic approach, Freud argued that symptoms can come from unconscious conflict rather than only from obvious events.

Freud (1909): Little Hans Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Freud (1909): Little Hans

Step-by-step lessons covering OCR A Level Psychology Freud (1909): Little Hans for A Level Psychology. Each lesson works through exam-style questions in Component 01, Component 02 and Component 03 format. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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