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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. Freud calls his theory of the formation of dreams _____.

2. What is the name of the woman who is the friend of the woman who has the theater dream?

3. What is a child full of when being put to sleep by his mother?

4. What is the mother awakened by, according to Burdach?

5. Displacement is in the nature of a _____.

Short Essay Questions

1. How do people compensate for not knowing the meaning of aspects of dreams?

2. What is the difference between adults and children in terms of the knowledge of reality?

3. What type of dream that expresses a desire is invariably accompanied by a feeling of dread and why?

4. How do definite dreams of painful content fit into Freud's three classes of dreams according to their relationship to desire?

5. Why do children sleep through the night?

6. What are the foundational elements of the origin of many psychological processes, and how are they observed?

7. Why does Freud say that dream work is a special psychical process?

8. Why is the boy in the story by Baldwin Groller considered a "bad boy"?

9. What happens when the woman from the theater dream uncovers her repressed thoughts?

10. How are obscure dreams formed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain what Freud means by dream displacement. How does this relate to dream condensation? What is the importance of events that happen the day before the dream in illustrating the concept of dream displacement?

Essay Topic 2

Name and explain the three classes of dreams that Freud classifies. Who has these particular dreams? How are manifest and latent content ascribed to dreams of each class?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Freud views dream calculations. What is the nature of these calculations? What examples does he use to explain this concept?

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