OCR GCSE Psychology · J203
Paper 2
Revise: Freudian Dream Theory and Its CriticismsAccording to Freud, the ego uses repression to keep such thoughts and desires out of conscious awareness. Repression is unconscious: the person does not deliberately decide to hide the thought.
- Revise: Freud (1918): The Wolfman Dream Analysis Study
In Freud’s theory, keeping distressing memories, wishes or feelings outside conscious awareness.