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.
A) paradoxical content
B) circadian rhythm
C) latent content
D) manifest content

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Freud believed that dreams have a hidden, symbolic meaning called the latent content. The therapist in this scenario is attempting to uncover this hidden meaning and suggest that the dream is actually representing Greg's girlfriend's avoidance of sexual intimacy. The manifest content, on the other hand, refers to the actual events and images that occur in the dream, such as Greg's girlfriend grabbing the wheel of the car. The other answer choices (A and B) are not relevant to describing the therapist's interpretation of the dream.

Greg Remembered a Recent Dream in Which His Girlfriend Suddenly