Dream Analysis Flashcards
what is the aim of dream analysis
not to interperate dreams
undercover things in the unconsious mind
the purpose of therepy in dream analysis is to uncover ____________ of a dream by ____________the _______________
latant content
examining
manifest content
what is latent content
symbolic meaning of a dream
what is manifest content
a represntation of a supressed emotion or urge
what they can remember from the dream
what does the dreamer do to the therapist
what is the 1st step of assesing a dream
the dreamer recalles their dream to the therapist
step 2- what is applied and why
process of dreamwork is applied so that we can understand the latent content and how this is transferred to the manifest content
c and d
what are the 5 processes of stage 3
condensation
displacement
representation
symbolism
seccondary elabporation
what is condensation
Example- King-person-father-authority figure
the elements that make up the latent content are represnted by an image/ picture
Info is condenced
what is displacement
person-blond hair-individual you cant be with (mother)
significant features the latent content can be seen as being insignificant compared to the manifest content .
so what the dream was actually ment to be about is different from the meaning
so the emotion linked with the idea/ experience is detatched and reattched to another dream.
what is representation
monster- someone you dont like
the thing we are thinking about is represented by a visula image. so when describing dreams we are using words to describe th immages
what is symbolism
sword- penis
any significat features of the dream may be replaced by a symbol
what is seccondary elaboration
your father (king) or mother (blond hair) has got what you want (monster) (sword)
the unconscious mind collects all the immaged and will give a logical story. however this discises the latent content
what was freuds proposal about dream analysis
dreams are the influence of the unconscious mind
so we can gain insite and carhasis
1st assumtion
how do psychodynamic assumptions apply to dream analysis
to do with behaviour
we behave in the way we do due to the unconsious drives
1st assumption
how do psychodynamic assumptions apply to dream analysis
helps us to gain insite
make the unconsious consious
