AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The hidden meaning of a dream is called the ____ content.
A
alpha
B
Freudian
C
latent
D
manifest
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to Freud, the latent content of a dream is the hidden psychological meaning of the dream. This content appears in disguise symbolically and contains things that are hidden from conscious awareness, often because it may be upsetting or traumatic.

Detailed explanation-2: -Solution: The correct answer is latent content. Freud gave the psychoanalytic theory, which focuses on helping people with unawareness, hidden, and unconscious thoughts. Thus, he believed that the psychological and hidden meaning of a dream is latent content.

Detailed explanation-3: -1. the hidden or disguised meanings, wishes, and ideas beneath the manifest content of any utterance or other form of communication. 2. in psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious wishes seeking expression in dreams or fantasies.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, the manifest content of a dream includes the actual images, thoughts, and content contained within the dream. 1 The manifest content is the elements of the dream that you remember upon awakening.

Detailed explanation-5: -A common man cannot know the real implication behind the latent content of the dream. According to Brown (1940) “By the latent content of the dream is meant the underlying unconscious wish which comes into consciousness through adopting the disguise of the manifest content”.

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