AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Of Freud’s different types of dream content which one was he most interested in? (hint:it was the meaning of the dreams not the actual events in the dream)
A
Manifest Content
B
Latent Content
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
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 therefore identified two types of dreams: manifest dream and latent dream. He stated that the latent dream is the real dream, and the goal of dream interpretation is to reveal it.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sigmund Freud believed that the latent content of dreams revealed hidden fears or unfulfilled desires.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is Freud most famous for? Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis and introduced influential theories such as: his ideas of the conscious and unconscious; the id, ego, and superego; dream interpretation; and psychosexual development.

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