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Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams: Key Ideas. Discusses meaning of dreams Theory that dreams are symbolic Theory of unconscious- Dreams represent the thoughts, fears, hopes that we have hidden in our minds.
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Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams: Key Ideas • Discusses meaning of dreams • Theory that dreams are symbolic • Theory of unconscious- Dreams represent the thoughts, fears, hopes that we have hidden in our minds. • “Wish fulfillment”: Attempts by the unconscious to resolve a type of conflict (either from recent times or deep in someone’s past). • Oedipus complex – Freud believed that Oedipus’s desire to kill his father/marry his mother was actually a complex or a psychological state that Oedipus acquired at or after birth. Dali, “The Persistence of Memory”
Freud’s Interpretation of Dreams: VocabularyCircle these words in the excerpt and study these definitions. • Conjecture- an opinion or supposition. • Cipher- a code • Vexation- a state of being annoyed • Rigmarole- lengthy, complex procedure • Elucidation- explanation that makes something clear • Concatenation- series of interconnected things/events.