AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
term coined by Sigmund Freud to identify the actual or “apperent” content of a dream
A
REM content
B
manifest content
C
spindle content
D
latent content
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Content in Freudian dream analysis refers to two closely connected aspects of the dream: the manifest content (the dream itself as it is remembered), and the latent content (the hidden meaning of the dream).

Detailed explanation-2: -Freud’s most well-known theory, wish fulfillment, is the idea that when wishes can’t or won’t be fulfilled in our waking lives, they are carried out in dreams. Even anxious or punishing dreams have their roots in wish fulfillment, according to Freud.

Detailed explanation-3: -Definition. The manifest content is the set of elements of the dream as they are recalled upon awakening by the dreamer.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -In other words, manifest content is what actually happens in a dream, while latent content is its metaphorical or symbolic meaning.

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