Greg remembered a recent dream in which his girlfriend suddenly grabbed the wheel of his speeding car. Greg's therapist suggested that the dream might be a representation of the girlfriend's efforts to avoid sexual intimacy. According to Freud, the therapist was attempting to reveal the ________ of Greg's dream.

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Freud believed that dreams had both manifest content (the surface level of the dream) and latent content (the hidden, unconscious meaning behind the dream). The therapist was attempting to reveal the latent content of Greg's dream by suggesting that it represented his girlfriend's avoidance of sexual intimacy.

Greg Remembered a Recent Dream in Which His Girlfriend Suddenly