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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. _____ is the deed of the dream work.

2. Freud sees it as impossible not to recognize a causal relationship between _____ and the state of repression.

3. What is the job of Burdach?

4. What must be removed for a child to get to sleep?

5. At the _____ of the two psychical apparatuses exists censorship.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is displacement the most striking of all dream performances?

2. When is symbolism effective in dream interpretation?

3. What happens to the woman the day of the dream she has about the funeral and why is this significant??

4. What is the difference between adults and children in terms of the knowledge of reality?

5. What is the difference between internal and external stimulus?

6. Why does Freud say that dream work is a special psychical process?

7. How are forgetting and suppression related?

8. What is a syllogism and how does it relate to Freud's theory of dream calculations?

9. How do speeches use the same idea as calculations in dreams?

10. What correlate is confirmed concerning the division of the procedures of the mind?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the importance of the sleep state in dreaming. What is its importance in childhood? How does it change in adulthood?

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Freud views dream calculations. What is the nature of these calculations? What examples does he use to explain this concept?

Essay Topic 3

Define the role of censorship in relation to dreams. What are the two parts of the psychical apparatus involved in the construction of thoughts? Why does Freud see censorship as a borderland between these two parts? What happens to the balance of power between these parts during sleep?

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