Little Hans was the pseudonym given to a 5-year-old boy whose case was studied by Sigmund Freud. Little Hans was known for his phobia of horses, which Freud analyzed as a manifestation of the boy's unconscious fear of his father and his desire for his mother. Through psychoanalytic sessions with Hans and his father, Freud explored the Oedipus complex and its role in the child's development.

Is that the African or European five-year-old boy? Also, is the five-year-old boy laden or unladen? The average foot size of a laden five-year-old boy can increase from one-half to one full size, depending on the time of day of the measurement. Measuring later in the day will result in a larger average foot size for both laden and unladen five-year-old boys. However the difference will always be lesser for unladen five-year-old boys.

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little Hans

Little Hans was a 5-year-old boy with a phobia of horses. Like all clinical case studies, the primary aim was to treat the phobia.

Freud didn't actually work directly with little Hans, but instead worked through correspondence with Hans' father, who was familiar with Freud's theories, and wrote to him when he first suspected that Hans had become a case that Freud might be interested in. Freud suggested possible lines of questioning which the father could try with Hans, and the father tried them and reported to Freud what had taken place.

The first reports of Hans are when he was 3 years old when he developed an active interest in his 'widdler' (penis), and also those of other people. For example on one occasion he asked 'Mummy, have you got a widdler too? Throughout this time, the main theme of his fantasies and dreams was widdlers and widdling. When he was about three and a half years old his mother told him not to touch his widdler or else she would call the doctor to come and cut it off.

When Hans was almost 5, Hans' father wrote to Freud explaining his concerns about Hans. He described the main problem as follows: 'He is afraid a horse will bite him in the street, and this fear seems somehow connected with his having been frightened by a large penis'.

Yes, "five-year-old" can be a noun when referring to a person who is five years old. For example, "The five-year-old played outside."