Freud's theory of dreaming Flashcards
What is Secondary elaboration?
Many ideas appear as one idea
What is Latent content?
The true meaning behind a dream
What is Manifest content?
The story told about the dream
What is Wish fulfilment?
The idea that all dreams and wishes are experienced in dreaming
What is Dreamwork?
- Dreamwork refers to the way the mind keeps unconscious thoughts hidden during dreaming.
- This is to protect the individual and keep them asleep by disguising repressed thoughts and ideas.
- Dreamwork consists of condensation, displacement and secondary elaboration.
What is condensation?
Using muddled ideas to build a whole story
What is Displacment?
Making unimportant details of a dream/story important or centralised
Who is a dream analyst?
A person who uses symbols to intepret dreams
Although, it is subjective
What is freud’s theory of dreaming?
- Dreams are a form of wish fulfillment, where unconscious thoughts and desires are transformed into less threatening forms.
- Dreams serve as valuable clues to how the unconscious mind operates.
- The manifest content of a dream is a disguise for the latent content, which represents hidden meanings.
- Dreams can be analyzed to explore repressed desires, fears, and unresolved conflicts.
What is the ‘ID’?
The pleasure principle ‘i want’
What is the ‘super ego’?
The moral principle ‘what will society think?’
What is the ‘ego’?
Reality principle – tries to balance the drives of the ID and the superego
What is known as the ‘unconscious mind’?
Part of the brain where hidden wishes and desires are
What is known as the ‘conscious mind’?
being consciously aware
