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 __________ of the dream.

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The therapist's interpretation that the "terminal" in the dream indicates an unconscious desire to "terminate" the boss reflects the latent content of the dream. The latent content is the hidden meaning or symbolic significance of the dream, which can only be uncovered through interpretation. Freud believed that the latent content represented unconscious desires, fears, and conflicts that were disguised or distorted in the manifest content (i.e. the literal events and images of the dream).

A Client Tells His Therapist About a Dream of Riding