Mss141: Sleep and Dream

Reading Questions for Freud, The Interpretation of Dreams

Chapter 3: A Dream is the Fulfillment of a Wish

1. How do so-called "dreams of convenience" fit in with Freud's theory that all dreams represent the fulfillment of a wish?

2. What are the dreams of children like, according to Freud?

Bulkeley, ch. 2: Sigmund Freud Discovers "The Secret of Dreams"

3. How can anxiety dreams represent the fulfillment of a wish?

 
4. What are the manifest content and latent content of a dream?

6. What is the role of the "censor" in dream-distortion?

7. What is the "dream-work"?     

8.  Bulkeley talks about 4 mechanisms of the dream-work.  Be prepared to say what each one is and give a brief explanation or example.    

9.  How does Freud respond to the three basic questions about dreaming: form, function & interpretation?