<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . (December 2012) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In Freudian dream analysis, content is both the manifest and latent content in a dream, that is, the dream itself as it is remembered, and the hidden meaning of the dream . </P> <P> Dreams embody the involuntary occurrences within the mind throughout various stages of sleep . Throughout the early part of the twentieth century, psychologist Sigmund Freud made incredible advances in the study and analysis of dreams . Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams (1900) used an evolutionary biological perspective to infer that these nightly visions are a product of one's individual psyche . As the "royal road to the unconscious", dreams allow for accessibility to parts of the mind that are inaccessible through conscious thought . According to his psychoanalytic theory, dreams--like most psychological experiences--can be understood through two distinct levels: manifest and latent . Modern research continuously proves that dreams contain fundamentally meaningful information . Therefore, appropriate interpretations of these two layers can facilitate assistance in understanding, "whether, when, and how unconscious processes are truly relevant to daily life" (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). </P> <P> The manifest content can be interpreted as the information that the conscious individual remembers experiencing . It consists of all the elements of actual images, thoughts, and content within the dream that the individual is cognitively aware of upon awakening . Illustrated through iceberg imagery, the manifest content would be identified as the "tip": it is barely exposed above the surface with an enormous portion still hidden underneath . As the hallmark of psychoanalytic theory suggests, what is observed on the surface is only a partial representation of the vastness that lies beneath (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). Although images may initially appear bizarre and nonsensical, individual analysis of the dream can reveal its underlying meaning . </P>

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