1.2.2 Dreams As Wish Fullfillment (PD) Flashcards
1
Q
What did Freud suggest all dreams represent?
A
Wish fulfilment, they express repressed ideas, desires and thoughts
2
Q
What did Freud base his third of dreams as wish fulfilment on?
A
His own dream of a patient he called irma
3
Q
What was the context of Freud’s
dream?
A
- had been treating Irma in summer of 1896
- proposed treatment irma refused
- irmas treatment ended before it was complete
4
Q
In his dream where did Freud meet irma and what did he do?
A
- met irma at party
* examined irma with another doctor
5
Q
What was Freuds analysis of the dream?
A
- dream was wish fulfilment
- his wish was he wasn’t responsible for irmas failed recovery
- concluded the motive of the dream was a wish and its content wish fulfilment
6
Q
What did Freud later discover about irma?
A
• Freud later heard she was “ better but not quite well”
7
Q
What did Freud see flash before his eyes in his dream?
A
A chemical formula for a drug another doctor had given irma
8
Q
What did Freud discover in the dream?
A
Irmas failed recovery was caused by a dirty syringe another doctor had used
This Freuds guilt was relieved
