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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 must be removed for a child to get to sleep?

2. When someone is presented with a language that is not understood, the person falls back on what is _____.

3. What leads to the same conclusion concerning the lady in the theater dream?

4. Censorship is never absent, it is merely _____ during sleep.

5. Freud labels displacement as purely _____.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do children sleep through the night?

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

4. When is symbolism effective in dream interpretation?

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

6. How are forgetting and suppression related?

7. What correlate is confirmed concerning the division of the procedures of the mind?

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

9. Why is displacement the most striking of all dream performances?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the dream Freud has of Mrs. E.L. How does he analyze this dream? What conclusions about dream interpretation does he come to as a result of this analysis?

Essay Topic 2

Define the role of censorship in relation to dreams. What are the two parts of the psychical apparatus involved in the construction of thoughts? Why does Freud see censorship as a borderland between these two parts? What happens to the balance of power between these parts during sleep?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the meaning of mixed figures or composites in dreams. What elements can make up their features? What is the significance of common features in dream analysis?

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