AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

DREAMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
According to Sigmund Freud, which of the following refers to two distinct levels of consciousness in the context of dreams?
A
Implicit and explicit levels
B
Internal and external levels
C
Latent and manifest levels
D
Superficial and subliminal levels
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.

Detailed explanation-2: -Consciousness varies in both arousal and content, and there are two types of conscious experience: phenomenal, or in the moment, and access, which recalls experiences from memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -Freud therefore identified two types of dreams: manifest dream and latent dream.

Detailed explanation-4: -While classical Freudian theory holds that relatedness is a derivative of instinctual drives, relational theory considers relatedness to be at the center of human development and psychotherapy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Freud gave consciousness the quality and capacity to transform experienced activity into unconscious states, similar to how different forms of energy are interchanged in physics. It could also play a part in inhibiting and restricting certain thoughts from becoming conscious.

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