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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 is the name of the type of reasoning Freud uses to illustrate his point regarding calculations in dreams?

2. The day of the dream, the woman had taken a ticket to a/an _____ by the man she loved.

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. What is the job of Burdach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are obscure dreams formed?

2. What does Freud say the ability of dreams to tell the future?

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

4. How is the figure of three florins, sixty-five kreuzers reached in the woman from Vienna's dream?

5. What types of symbols exist in dreams?

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

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

8. What is the difference between internal and external stimulus?

9. What is a syllogism and how does it relate to Freud's theory of dream calculations?

10. How do speeches use the same idea as calculations in dreams?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the wish-fulfillment dreams of children and adults.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the importance of symbolism in dreams. How is it used in dream interpretation? How much of a dream can be analyzed this way?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Freud defines the complexity of dream meaning in terms of the translation of real world events into the primarily visual medium of dreaming. What problems does this pose? How is symbolism involved?

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