Little Hans Had Such a Fear of Being Bitten by a Horse

question 66

Multiple Choice

Little Hans had such a fear of being bitten by a horse that he would not leave the house. Freud took the case and

• A) explained that the boy was associating horses to his earlier frightening experience that involved a horse.
• B) dismissed the experience with the horse as causal, and considered the fear to have hidden causes.
• C) explained that the boy's decision to avoid horses and stay indoors was his young ego's attempt at suppressing threatening id material that he didn't like.
• D) explained that avoiding horses was a conscious attempt at repressing the horse incident to the unconscious.
• E) attempted to help the boy identify his own beliefs and expectations about encountering another horse.

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