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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In 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 of the dream that the dreamer remembers upon awakening, while preconscious refers to information that is not currently in conscious awareness but can be easily retrieved if needed. Displaced refers to when the emotional significance of one object is transferred onto another object that is less threatening.

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