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Symbolic dream analysis might be an important research technique to a psychologist from which of the following perspectives?
A
behaviorist
B
biopsychologist
C
psychoanalytic
D
evolutionary
E
structuralist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Symbolic dream analysis might be an important research techniques to a psychologist from which of the following perspectives? Behaviorist explain human thought and behavior as result of? Past conditioning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dream analysis is the investigation of repressed feelings that can be expressed in our dreams. Psychoanalytic theory believes repressed feelings often manifest themselves in our dreams. This happens because our defenses are lowered when we sleep. Dream analysis helps uncover this unconscious material.

Detailed explanation-3: -Dream Analysis in Contemporary Therapy According to a study from the Journal of Psychotherapy Practice and Research, dream analysis appears to be most popular among psychoanalysts trained in psychodynamic theory.

Detailed explanation-4: -a technique, originally used in psychoanalysis but now also used in some other psychotherapies, in which the content of dreams is interpreted to reveal underlying motivations or symbolic meanings and representations (i.e., latent content). Dream analysis is aided by such techniques as free association.

Detailed explanation-5: -Dreams May Reflect the Unconscious Sigmund Freud’s theory of dreams suggests that dreams represent unconscious desires, thoughts, wish fulfillment, and motivations. 4 According to Freud, people are driven by repressed and unconscious longings, such as aggressive and sexual instincts.

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