During his lecture on dream theories, Professor Hundt points out that a weakness of the __________ approach to dreaming is that there are no reliable rules that exist for interpreting the supposedly latent content of dreams and no objective way of determining whether an interpretation is correct.
A) psychoanalytic
B) problem-focused
C) cognitive
D) activation-synthesis

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This weakness is specific to the psychoanalytic approach, which places great emphasis on uncovering unconscious conflicts and desires in the latent content of dreams through interpretation. This approach was popularized by Sigmund Freud and his followers, but has since been criticized for its lack of empirical support and reliance on subjective interpretation. The other approaches mentioned do not focus as heavily on latent content interpretation.

During His Lecture on Dream Theories, Professor Hundt Points Out