Cory is in therapy due to trauma he experienced as a child. His Freudian-trained therapist regularly asks him about his dreams. The therapist is interested in his dreams
A) in order to gain insight into his motives, desires, and conflicts of which he is unaware.
B) because he wants to understand Cory's random brainstem signals.
C) in order to help him resolve current concerns and problems he is consciously aware of.
D) as a way to help him eliminate or strengthen neural connections.
Answer: A
Rationale: Freud viewed dreams as an unconscious expression of wish fulfillment, and that all humans are motivated by primal urges, with sex and aggression being the most dominant. Analyzing the latent content of dreams could therefore help patients gain insight into these unconscious forces.
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