Freud'sDreamTheory-KEY TERMS

Question 0

latent content

Answer 0

the hidden meaning/content on the dream
//if the symbols from the manifest content are translated by an analyst,they can reveal unconscious thoughts

Question 1

manifest content

Answer 1

the story the dreamer tells

Question 2

condensation

Answer 2

many things represented in the dream as one thing

Question 3

displacement

Answer 3

when something in the dream that seems unimportant is made central,to shift the attention from what is really important

Question 4

secondary elaboration

Answer 4

how the dreamer changes and builds the story

//this makes it hard to analyse

Question 5

qualities data

Answer 5

data involving stories or attitudes

Question 6

valid

Answer 6

refers to studies and means they are about real life situations

Question 7

generalizable

Answer 7

refers to studies and whether they can be said to be true of people other than those who were studied

Question 8

subjective

Answer 8

where the researcher is somehow affecting the information that is gathered,perhaps by their interpretation

Question 9

objective

Answer 9

where the researchers views do not affect the information that it gathered

Question 10

psychoanalysis

Answer 10

Freud’s therapy,designed to release un conscious thoughts

Question 11

free association

Answer 11

used by Freud in Psychoanalysis

//where the patient is encouraged to express a flow of consciousness. The process helps to uncover links which can then be interpreted

Question 12

slip of the tongue

Answer 12

when someone uses the wrong word for something

//Freud analysed these slips to help uncover unconscious thoughts

Question 13

dream analysis

Answer 13

a method used by Freud to help uncover unconscious thoughts by analyzing dreams and uncovering symbols