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 manifest content refers to the actual events, characters, and objects that occur in a dream as reported by the dreamer. In this case, the client reports riding on a train with his boss, and the boss getting off the train at a terminal. The latent content, on the other hand, refers to the hidden, unconscious meaning of the dream, which requires interpretation by the therapist. Primary and subjective content are not concepts used by Freud to describe dream content.

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding