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

Short Answer Questions

1. What can be correct or appropriate to the dream content, according to Freud?

2. Who said dreams appear without actual or appropriate emotional value?

3. This displacement is also carried out as a _____________ of condensing.

4. Freud also discusses the ____________ of dream content.

5. When the dream has been _______, that's when the dream can be changed.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define manifest vs. latent dream content. What do these mean and how can they be used in dream interpretation? Are both necessary for dream interpretation? Why or why not? Give examples of each kind of dream content for one dream Freud describes in this book. What is the value of each of these types of dream content?

Essay Topic 2

Wish fulfillment is another term Freud brings up and discusses at length. Define this term and create a description of a dream in which this process is taking place. What does this mean for the dreamer? What are some examples of wish fulfillment dreams as stated in the book? Does this dream concept make sense to you? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Freud states that the relationship between the dreaming and the waking state is contradictory and unable to be resolved. Why does he say this? What examples of contradictory features does Freud offer? Do you agree with Freud? Why or why not? Is there a way to resolve these two states? How? Do you feel that naming these two states is necessary? Why or why not?

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