Allison had a fuzzy dream about being naked in front of her classmates.Freud would state that the latent content of this dream is:
A)the portions of the dream that Allison cannot recall.
B)Allison being naked in front of her classmates.
C)the result of meaningless,random neural firing.
D)Allison being anxious about her grade in the course.

Question

Allison had a fuzzy dream about being naked in front of her classmates.Freud would state that the latent content of this dream is:
A)the portions of the dream that Allison cannot recall.
B)Allison being naked in front of her classmates.
C)the result of meaningless,random neural firing.
D)Allison being anxious about her grade in the course.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Freud would argue that dreams have symbolic meanings and that the manifest content (what we remember from the dream) represents the disguised, latent content (the underlying, hidden meaning of the dream). In this case, Freud would likely interpret Allison's dream of being naked in front of her classmates as a symbol of her anxiety about being exposed and vulnerable in front of others, particularly in an academic setting. Therefore, the latent content of the dream is likely Allison's anxiety about her grade in the course.

Allison Had a Fuzzy Dream About Being Naked in Front