AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Manifest content is to latent content as ____
A
unconscious is to conscious
B
symbolic is to obvious
C
wish is to fulfillment
D
obvious is to symbolic
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Freud believed that the content of dreams is related to wish fulfillment and suggested that dreams have two types of content: manifest content and latent content. The manifest content is the actual literal subject matter of the dream while the latent content is the underlying meaning of these symbols.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freud’s theory describes dreams as having both latent and manifest content. Latent content relates to deep unconscious wishes or fantasies while manifest content is superficial and meaningless.

Detailed explanation-3: -The manifest content is the dream that the conscious individual remembers experiencing. It consists of all the elements-images, thoughts, emotions, and other content-of which the individual is cognitively aware upon awakening.

Detailed explanation-4: -Conscious, Preconscious, and Unconscious.

Detailed explanation-5: -The manifest content is the actual dream content remembered the following day. The latent content of dreams pertains to unconscious wants, fears, or desires. The latent content definition is that of an unconscious meaning behind a dream. It could represent repressed thoughts such as anger, guilt, trauma, or shame.

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