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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are also included in dream memory?

2. Freud believes other dream analysts should ask whether or not there are other types of ___________ besides wish fulfillment.

3. To begin, Freud must question the way the dream is ____________.

4. Freud states we have a ____________ to forget dreams.

5. Freud notes his approach is more difficult than the _________ method.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the wrong way to interpret symbols in dreams?

2. How does Freud explain dream peculiarity?

3. Where did Freud say that he discovered the wish fulfillment dream?

4. What might dreams appear to not have, according to Strumpell?

5. In what kind of images does the waking brain think?

6. After Freud defines the act of dreaming, what does he include in this section?

7. What other question does Freud propose other dream analysts ask?

8. What is the goal of the first interpretation of a dream?

9. Dreams play no part in the creation of what?

10. What does Schleiermacher's theory state in reference to the strangeness of dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Freud says that other theories for dream interpretation are illogical or they refute the value of dreams altogether. This leaves the world with few tools to help with dream interpretation. What does this seem to say about Freud? How does this lack of tools then affect those who are interested in dream interpretation? Why does Freud find the two limited methods of dream interpretation to be worthless?

Essay Topic 2

The idea of the censor in our lives is brought up by Freud. What does Freud mean by a this? What are some examples of ways that the censor gets in the way of a person? What ways can we avoid the censor? Is a censor a good or a bad thing? Or both? Why? What are some real life examples you can give of censors in your own life?

Essay Topic 3

Freud concedes at one point that there are limitations to symbolic dream interpretation. Why does he feel this way? What are some of the limitations that you see to symbolic dream interpretation? What can these limitations cause? How can these limitations be overcome? Can they? Can symbols be standardized, for example?

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