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 ________ content.

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The content of the dream, as related by the client to the therapist, is what Freud called its manifest content. The manifest content is the surface-level events, characters, and settings of a dream that are consciously accessible to the dreamer. In contrast, the latent content is the underlying, unconscious meaning of a dream that is disguised and symbolic.

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding