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 therapist suggests that the "terminal" in the dream indicates an unconscious desire by the client to "terminate" his boss.This desire to terminate the boss,if it exists,would reflect what Freud called the ________ content of the dream.

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The therapist's suggestion about the "terminal" in the dream indicates that there is a hidden, underlying meaning in the dream that the client may not be aware of, which is what Freud referred to as the latent content of the dream. The manifest content of the dream would be the actual events and images of the dream as the client experienced them. Therefore, the best choice is D) latent.

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding