PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

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: -Freud’s method for interpreting dreams was very simple. He called this method free association. The method of free association led Freud to the conclusion that dreams are the disguised fulfilments of repressed infantile wishes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Latent content, according to Freud, is the true representation of the unconscious mind that people find difficult or impossible to directly access. In other words, manifest content is what actually happens in a dream, while latent content is its metaphorical or symbolic meaning.

Detailed explanation-4: -The manifest content of dreams is the literal images and actions that occurred and remembered the following day. The latent content of dreams is the unconscious desires or elements that those images represent.