A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding

question 108

Multiple Choice

A client tells his therapist about a dream of riding on a train with his boss. At the end of the journey, the boss gets off the train at a terminal. The content of this dream, as related by the client to the therapist, is what Freud called its ________.

• A) primary content
• B) manifest content
• C) secondary content
• D) latent content

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Definitions:

Corpus Callosum

A large bundle of nerve fibers that connects the two cerebral hemispheres, facilitating communication between them.

Sensory Information

Data received from the environment or the body, via sensory organs, that is processed by the nervous system to produce a response or perception.

Thalamus

A large mass of gray matter deeply situated in the forebrain at the topmost portion of the brainstem, functioning primarily as a central relay station for sensory impulses and as a center for pain perception.

Brain Stem

The posterior part of the brain, adjoining and structurally continuous with the spinal cord, responsible for basic vital life functions such as breathing and heartbeat.