STORRY TELLING TEST

The bird
The
Bad dream
anniversary

The news The lamb

The
The walk departure
(funeral)

The hand
The fear
made object
The
elephant
by Louisa Duss
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INTRODUCTION

Few things about the author

Basic concepts in psychoanalyze
Test description

TEST APLICATION

CONCLUSIONS
Few things about the
author
LOUISA DUSS
 BASIC CONCEPTS IN PSYCHOANALIZE

Psychosexual stages – fixed stages of psychological

development each one representing the fixation of libido
(on a different area of the body): oral stage (0-1 yr), anal
stage (1-3 yrs), phallic stage (3-5 yrs)- Oedipus / Electra
complex appear; latency stage (7-pubery); genital stage
(puberty-adult)
Libido – sexual drives or instincts (in Freud’s Theory)
Complex - a core pattern of emotions, memories,
perceptions, and wishes in the personal unconscious
organized around a common
Anguish - severe mental or physical pain or suffering
Symbol - a mode of indirect or figurative representation of
a significant idea, conflict or wish.
Resistance - subject's unwillingness to discuss a particular
topic in therapy
 TEST DESCRIPTION

The
The bird annyversary The lamb The funeral The fear

1 2 3 4 5
Jelousy/ sock Weaning / Agressiveness
Fixation on Anguish / self
on parent's fraternal death wishes,
one parent / punishment
room complex culpability
independence

The hand made

The elephant object The walk The news Bad dream

6 7 8 9 10
Oedipal
To control the
Castration complex or Fears /
answers given
complex Anal complex electra desires
before
complex
 TESTING – PART ONE

FINDING CONFLICTS

Subject answers freely

and instantly with
anything that comes
first into he’s mind.
 TESTING – PART TWO

DESCOVERY RESISTENCE

Subject has three possibilities.

- to give the same response (frequent for
children age 4-7 due to egocentric stage of
development; and adults that regressed to
that age);
- to change the response for the opposite
(specific for children 7-11 years due to the
defense mechanism of contradiction and
the irreversible way of thinking);
- to adopt more point of views but not to
decide for one of them (specific for
individuals beginning with the age of
twelve as well as for adults);
CONFLICT INDICATORS

- responding immediately
and unexpectedly;
- keeping the complex in
other fables;
- whispering answer quickly;
- refusing to answer one of
fables;
- manifesting silence and
resistance to reply;
- manifesting willingness to
resume the examination;
 ANDREW
5 YRS

REBECCA BIANCA
13 YEARS 5 YEARS AND 8 MONTH

HORATIU
10 YRS

RADU
6 YRS

MICHAEL
8 YEARS
 THE BIRD
A mother, a father and a baby bird are
sleeping in their nest. A wind knocks
1 the nest to the ground. The two
parents fly to separate trees and the
child is asked what the little bird is
Fixation on one going to do.
parent /
independence NORMAL RESPONSES:
The little bird will fly on a branch close
to the nest; it will fly to its mom; will
fly to its dad because he’s stronger; will
cry until parents will come and get him.
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs The little bird stays alone on the floor
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The little bird goes to the smallest tree, that is
month located in the middle of the others trees. Her mother
is in the tree of her right and her father is in the tree
from her left
3 Horatiu 10 yrs (after thinking a while) he will fly to a tree Where is
this tree? hmm...somewhere close to his mother

4 Michael 8 yrs The chicken flies to its mother

5 Radu 6 yrs 1. Flies near his father, and kills his mother, and
takes her the new nest.
2. Fly near his father so they will always be together

6 Rebecca 13 yrs It will cry and will fly into a tree

 THE ANNIVERSARY
It is father and mother’s marriage
anniversary day. They both love
each other a lot. During the
party, the child suddenly goes
2 alone at the bottom of the
garden. Why?

Jelousy/ sock on NORMAL RESPONSES:

parent's room The child will go to pick some
flowers; will go to have fun; he’s
not interested in the
conversation; he’s got a bad
mark so he’s hiding to cry
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs The child goes alone at the bottom of the garden because
he wants to eat carrots. He is feeling alone and wants his
parents to be with him
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The child goes alone at the bottom of the garden because
month he is getting bored. It is an adults party and there is no
child there
3 Horatiu 10 yrs He wants to smell the flowers.
Are there many flowers?
yes….I don’t know.
4 Michael 8 yrs The child goes to pick some flowers for his parents to
give them as present.
5 Radu 6 yrs 1.The child is sad that parents do not play with him, and
runs away crying
2.The father and mother did not want him at the party
6 Rebecca 13 yrs 1.The girl is upset because father got married to mother.
2. She plays with friends in the garden
 THE LAMB
Once there was a sheet that had a little
lamb and they were both grazing. The
lamb used to play all day long and every
night his mother was giving him warm
milk that he loves a lot. One day another
3 lamb came, much smaller than the first
and he needed milk. But the sheep does
not have enough for both lambs and she
Weaning / said to the first one to go eat grass. What
fraternal complex did the lamb do?

NORMAL ANSWERS:
The lamb will eat grass; he will get milk
from another sheep; he gets a little upset but
it will eat grass;
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs The sheep eats grass. He doesn’t like it. He wants milk. He
is sad because all the milk goes to the little lamb. And what
will the lamb do in this situation? He will go to another
cow. Milka. He likes chocolate. (he laughs)
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The lamb will go eat the grass. He likes it, but he is sad
month because his mommy does not have milk for them both. She
is feeling sad because mother likes better the little lamb.
If the little lamb does not appear in the picture, she is
happy to eat grass.
3 Horatiu 10 yrs The lamb...a….will listen.
4 Michael 8 yrs It will eat grass.
5 Radu 6 yrs It will eat grass.
6 Rebecca 13 yrs 1. It will go to eat grass; it is angry with its mom, because
she hasn’t got enough milk for it too.
2. It will go to eat grass; it is angry with it’s mom, because
she hasn’t got enough milk for it too.
 THE DEPARTURE/FUNERAL
Somebody from the family took the train and
went far, far away and it will never return
home. Who could it be?
or
4 Funeral procession comes down the street
and people ask who died. The answer:
somebody from the family that lives in that
Agressiveness house. Who could it be?
death wishes,
culpability NORMAL ANSWERS
The deceased person is someone who
recently died in subject’s family; it’s an old
person- (grandma- grandpa); it’s a person
who has been sick for a long time; it’s
famous person or a total stranger
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs Dad is going far away and never comes back. Why? Because he wants a
long vacation. A vacation for a life time, on the beach with his friends.
How do you feel? Sad.
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 It is the little bird’s father. Something bad happened and he has to stay
month there. One bird broke her wings and she is healing very hard. Only if he
dies the bird will get healed.
3 Horatiu 10 yrs I don’t know…
Can you try please? It is no correct or wrong answer…
Hmm...Andrew…
Ok, who was Andrew?
Their child
How old was he?
9...o..no...12
Ok, and in what grade he was?
He was in high school
Why did he died?
Cancer

4 Michael 8 yrs An old woman or grandmother died( his grandmother died recently ) .
5 Radu 6 yrs A very bad and old woman died.
6 Rebecca 13 yrs It is a stranger who was sick.
 THE FEAR
A small child whispers: "Oh, I’m
so scared." Why is he so afraid?

5
NORMAL ANSWERS
He is afraid because mother glared at
Anguish / self him; he is afraid of being beaten, he’s
punishment afraid of an animal, he’s got a bad mark,
of war, fear not to die loose the only
parent, fear not to lose the property due
to crisis
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs Is it me? No, it’s about the boy in the story.
He is afraid of monsters
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 month He is afraid of monsters

3 Horatiu 10 yrs He is scared because of a test paper

What test?
At math.
Why?
He does not learn. (he is often told that he is not
learning enough and because of that he has poor
results specially in math)

4 Michael 8 yrs He is afraid of spiders.

5 Radu 6 yrs He is afraid of crocodile.
6 Rebecca 13 yrs Fear of the dark
 THE ELEPHANT
A child has a baby elephant toy and he
loves him very much. The elephant is very
cute and has a large trunk. One day, when
the child returns from a ride and walks
6 into the room he observes that the elephant
is changed. What is changed with the
elephant?
Castration
complex NORMAL ANSWERS:
The elephant didn’t change; the child
grew up; the elephant changed its skin;
the child found a more interesting toy;
the nanny spilled water on the
elephant.
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs The elephant’s trunk changed. Got smaller because
the elephant didn’t eat enough.
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The elephant grew bigger. That’s the way elephants
month are. They have to grow up in order to get back to
their families.
3 Horatiu 10 yrs Its color, because his mom put it in the washing
machine
Why?
Because it was dirty.
4 Michael 8 yrs The elephant is very small, you can almost walk on
it.
5 Radu 6 yrs The elephant has different color, is now yellow .
6 Rebecca 13 yrs 1.The trunk is smaller.
2.The trunk is dirty with mud but has the same
length as before.
 THE HAND MADE OBJECT
One child made a plasticine tower and he is
very proud of it. What is he going to do
with it? Mother asks him to give her as a
7 gift. The child can do whatever he wants. Is
he going to give it to his mother?

Anal complex
NORMAL ANSWERS
The child gives handmade object to his
mother; the child will play with it but it will
give it to his mother if she asks, he will
show the object to everybody.
 ANSWERS

1 Andrew 5 yrs The child will play with it. If mother asks, she gives
it to her because this is a polite thing to do. And how
is he feeling? Happy

2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The child will play with it. He is not giving the
month object to his mother because he likes it too much.

3 Horatiu 10 yrs Will put it in the living room that his parents may
admire it and yes, will give it to his mom

4 Michael 8 yrs Will give it to his older brother or to his mother.

5 Radu 6 yrs It will play with him.

6 Rebecca 13 yrs She gives it to her mother.
 THE WALK
A boy / girl did a very nice walk in the
woods with his mother / his father.
8 They were very happy. When they
returned home the boy / girl sees that
father / mother has a different
expression than usual. Why?
Oedipal
complex or NORMAL ANSWERS:
electra complex Mother/father is happy; she/he
prepared a good snack; he/she
worked hard and is tired; she/he
got bad news when they were
gone
 ANSWERS
1 Andrew 5 yrs Father was afraid that wild animals will eat the boy. He
was worried.
2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 Mother got bigger. She ate a lot of fruits and vegetables.
month She (mother) was happy to get bigger.
3 Horatiu 10 yrs Because he was not able to join them. Why?
Because he has work to do (his father works very hard
much of the time)
4 Michael 8 yrs The father is upset that he did not come with them for a
walk, but next time he will come with them.
5 Radu 6 yrs 1. Father is very angry because they were together (she and
the boy ). Why they are not allowed to walk together?
Because the mother is not allowed to stay with the boy
2. The father is angry with the two of them
6 Rebecca 13 yrs 1.She was angry because she didn’t manage to cook well.
2. She was angry because father didn’t tell her where he
went with the girl.
 THE NEWS
A child comes from school and his
mother tells him: before starting your
homework, I have something to tell
you. What is she going to say?
9
Fears / desires NORMAL ANSWERS
Mother wants to tell him a story; she
tells him she prepared a good snack;
tells him about a visit plan; she got
good news; she wants to give advice.
 ANSWERS

1 Andrew 5 yrs Mother tells him he has to eat.

2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 month The child was kicked out of the school, because he
had bad grades. He wasn’t paying attention. His
mind was at home. Maybe something bad happened
and the house got destroyed.

3 Horatiu 10 yrs Tells him is his father birthday and...I forget.

4 Michael 8 yrs They're all leaving on a trip to an island and will

swim with dolphins.
Moterboughthim a new bike.
5 Radu 6 yrs Alexandra died(this is his sister)
Alexandra fell out of the crib.
6 Rebecca 13 yrs They will go in the park
She will have a sister
 BAD DREAM
A child wakes up early in the
morning. Still very sleepy he says,
10 "Oh, I had a very bad dream."
What did he dream about?
To control the
answers given NORMAL ANSWERS
I don’t know I do not dreem; he
before
dreamed it was war, he dreamed a
wild animal.
 ANSWERS

1 Andrew 5 yrs He dreamed that His cat was bad and wanted to eat
him.

2 Bianca 5 yrs 8 The child dreamed that a monster ate him

month
3 Horatiu 10 yrs He dreamed that his parents are dead.

4 Michael 8 yrs Wolves and werewolves.

Trollsthat are houuntinghim * evil fictional characters
from the SF trilogy ’’ Lord of the Rings''.

5 Radu 6 yrs He dreamed of a giant spider eating him.

He dreamed that he was alone in the forest and no one
hears him crying.
6 Rebecca 13 yrs A wardrobe fell on the girl.
MICHAEL
8 YEARS
 RADU
6 YEARS
TALKING ABOUT

OPINIONS

CONCLUSIONS

DISCUSSIONS
ANDREW
5 YEARS GIVEN ANSWERS:

To “THE DEPARTURE”
Dad is going far away and never comes
back. Why? Because he wants a long
vacation. A vacation for a life time, on
the beach with his friends. How do you
feel? Sad
To “THE ELEPHANT”
The elephant’s trunk changed. Got
smaller because the elephant didn’t eat
enough

CONCLUSION:
Phallic stage – oedipal and castration complex.
 BIANCA
GIVEN ANSWERS:
5 YEARS AND 8
 
MONTH To “THE DEPARTURE”
It is the little bird’s father. Something
bad happened and he has to stay
there. One bird broke her wings and
she is healing very hard. Only if he
dies the bird will get healed.
To “THE HANDMADE OBJECT”
The child will play with it. He is not
giving the object to his mother
because he likes it too much.

CONCLUSIONS
Phallic stage – Electra complex
HORATIU
GIVEN ANSWERS:
10 YEARS
 
To “THE DEPARTURE”
I don’t know…Can you try please? It
is no correct or wrong answer…
Hmm...Andrew…Ok, who was
Andrew? Their child How old was
he?9...o..no...12 Ok, and in what
grade he was? He was in high school.
Why did he died? Cancer.
To “THE BAD DREAM”
He dreamed that his parents are dead.

CONCLUSION
Latency stage – agresion and death desire
 GIVEN ANSWERS
The answers given by Michael show no
MICHAEL prove of any conflict.
8 YEARS

CONCLUSIONS
Latency stage- well balance child
 GIVEN ANSWERS:

- To “THE BIRD”
Flies near his father, and kills his mother,
and takes her the new nest.
- To “THE ANYVERSARY”
The child is sad that parents do not play
with him, and runs away crying
RADU - To “THE WALK”
6 YEARS Father is very angry because they were
together (she and the boy ). Why they are
not allowed to walk together? Because the
mother is not allowed to stay with the boy

CONCLUSION
Latency stage – oedipal complex
 GIVEN ANSWERS:
REBECCA
To “THE ANNIVERSARY”
13 YEARS The girl is upset because father got married to mother.
To “THE LAMB”
It will go to eat grass; it is angry with its mom,
because she hasn’t got enough milk for it too.
To “THE ELEPHANT”
The trunk is smaller.
To “THE WALK”
1. She was angry because she didn’t cook well.
2. She was angry because father didn’t tell her were he
went with the girl
To “THE NEWS”
1.They will go in the park / 2. She will have a sister

CONCLUSION
Genital stage – jelousy on parents relation ; electra complex; fixation on mother;
fraternal complex
STORRY TELLING TEST
The bird
Bad The
dream aniversary

The news The lamb

The
The walk departure
(funeral)

The hand
The fear
made object
The
elephant

Duss, L..(2009).Testul fabulelor. Bucuresti: Editura Trei

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