Matt Reported a Dream in Which He Repeatedly Fell Off

question 294

Multiple Choice

Matt reported a dream in which he repeatedly fell off a horse.His therapist suggested that his dream reflected Matt's mixed feelings of affection and resentment toward his father.According to Freud,the therapist was attempting to reveal the dream's

• A) factor analysis.
• B) latent content.
• C) erogenous zone.
• D) psychosexual stage.

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Definitions:

Perceptual Information

Data received by the senses that is then interpreted by the brain to understand the environment.

Violation-of-expectations

A method used in cognitive psychology to study the cognitive processes of infants, based on their reactions to events that defy their understanding of basic physical principles.

Object Permanence

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be observed (seen, heard, touched, smelled, or sensed in any way).

Conservation of Volume

A cognitive ability in child development where the understanding that volume remains unchanged even when its shape changes is recognized.