In some studies, depressed patients who had not benefited from drug therapy and ECT improved when a specific brain region was stimulated using

Julian is telling his psychoanalyst about a dream he had the previous night. “It was so weird. I was sliding down a long chute in the middle of a forest, snapping off tree branches left and right that kept appearing in front of me. It sounds like it should have been dangerous, but in the dream it was fun and I didn’t want it to end.” “Ah,” the therapist replied, “you’re eager for advancement at work but have to make do with your current position.” Which element of Julian’s dream represents the latent content?

A) Tree branches B) Being eager for advancement at work C) Sliding down a chute D) Being in the forest

When Josh was dropped off at preschool on the very first day of class, he was quite upset. He cried for a long time and would not play with the other children. This behavior continued for a few more days. Some days, Josh would throw tantrums right before his mother dropped him off, and on other days he would cry and scream after his mom left him at the preschool. According to psychiatrists Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas, what type of temperament does Josh have?

A. difficult B. easy C. slow-to-warm-up D. inflexible