The dream—”My dream started out as if I was walking around the mall, but it was empty. As I started down the escalator, I encounter myself but younger. My younger self said why are you wasting time coming down when you have done nothing but gone up but now your declining. I feel as if my dream was telling me to get back to what I was trying to achieve and stop taking less from myself and my surroundings. I believed that Carl Jung would say that my dream was directing me to become whole through what Jung calls a dialogue between the ego and the self. Where the self, attempts to reveal to the ego what it doesn’t know. This dialogue is analyzing recent memories, present difficulties, and future solutions.”
If you Googled “dream analysis” or “dream theory,” the possible search hits are endless and would range from respectable, scientifically-based theories to the absolute … um … non-reputable. That is why I created this assignment. I want you to be able to decipher between reputable and non-reputable theories (and sources), as well as critically evaluate a dream theory to determine the pros and cons of this approach.
a dream theory to determine the pros and cons of this approach.
I have organized the paper instructions and provided the points available for each criterion under two guidelines: Write Content and Follow Mechanics. Please read all of the instructions carefully before beginning, and contact me if you have any questions or need clarification. I hope you enjoy researching and writing this paper. GOALS Practice distinguishing between manifest and latent content. Accurately apply Freud’s theory of wish fulfillment to analyze a dream. Tum a critical eye to Freud’s theory of wish-fulfillment—whether you find it adequately analyzes a dream or not. Dream Analysis Paper Directions 85 points If you are unable to recall a dream of your own, you may interview someone about his or her dream, but make sure you are able to address all of the elements of the assignment. You may NOT use the dream of someone else who is enrolled in this course or has taken this course.
Write Content 1. Select and describe a dream from the Sleep Journal Entry: Dream Analysis in Lesson 5. Your description should provide detail about the following elements:10 points Characters in the dream (e.g., people or pets) Settings (e.g., home or school) Time (e.g., in the past/present/future; duration of events in the dream) Action (what actually took place in the dream) Note places where you can’t recall details or transitions seem unclear (e.g., a dream starts in one place and changes scene or characters). 2. Identify manifest and latent content in your selected dream.20 points Using Freud’s theory of dreams, identify which aspects of the dream represent the manifest content and which represent the latent content. 3. Discuss the dream according to Freud’s theory of dreams as wish fulfillment.10 points Specifically, does some part of the dream content represent a wish or desire that has yet to be fulfilled? If so, discuss that. 4. Translate manifest and latent content using the processes identified in the dreamAttOirge Windows Discuss which of Freud’s processes (symbolism, projection, displacement, condensanamtlpficrOonalization) bow. present in the dream and explain how each process is working to translate the manifest content