Anna is sitting in Sigmund Freud's office and tells him that she remembers a dream in which she boarded a train that entered a dark tunnel. After some discussion, Freud suggests to Anna that the train probably symbolized a man's penis and the action of entering the dark tunnel probably symbolized sexual intercourse. In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the symbolic, or hidden, meaning of the dream images is called the _____ content.

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According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory, the symbolic or hidden meaning of dream images is called the latent content. The manifest content refers to the actual images and events that occur in the dream as recalled by the dreamer. Therefore, choice C (latent) is the correct answer.

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