What Is an Examination for Discovery

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What is an examination for discovery?

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Latent Content

In psychoanalytic theory, the hidden psychological meaning behind the manifest content of dreams or expressions.

Manifest Content

In psychoanalytic theory, the apparent story, events, or imagery of a dream as remembered by the dreamer, distinguished from the hidden meaning or latent content.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic theory describing a girl's sense of competition with her mother for the affection of her father.

Defensive Content

Material within a psychological test aimed at eliciting responses that might reveal particular defense mechanisms or insecurities of the participant.