Elaine is sitting in Sigmund Freud's office and tells him that she remembers a dream in which a car was parked in front of her house and a man with a baseball bat kept getting in and out of the car. After some discussion, Freud suggests to Elaine that the baseball bat probably symbolized the man's penis and the action of repeatedly entering the car probably symbolized sexual intercourse. The symbolic meaning of the dream that Freud suggested is called the _____ content.

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The symbolic meaning of the dream that Freud suggested is called the latent content. The manifest content refers to the actual events and objects that occur in the dream, while the latent content refers to the underlying meaning and symbolism of those events and objects. Freud believed that by analyzing the latent content of dreams, he could gain insight into a person's unconscious desires and conflicts.

Elaine Is Sitting in Sigmund Freud's Office and Tells Him