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 interpretation of the dream is based on Freud's theory of dream analysis, which suggests that dreams have a manifest content (what is consciously experienced in the dream) and a latent content (the unconscious meaning of the dream). In this example, the therapist is suggesting that the client's dream of terminating his boss reflects an unconscious desire, i.e. the latent content of the dream. Therefore, the best choice is D) latent.

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding