Which of the following best captures Freud’s concept of wish fulfillment?

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Let’s break down each option in light of Freud’s wish-fulfillment concept as it appears in dream theories.
Option A: 'It is an attempt by the preconscious mind to simulate potential future outcomes in dreams.' This phrasing doesn’t align with Freud’s core idea, which centers on satisfying repressed wishes rather than simulating future outcomes. The emphasis here on future simulation is more characteristic of modern cognitive dream theories than Freud’s original notion.
Option B: 'It is the ego’s conscious strategy of self-deception to ward off anxiety.' Freud would describe defenses and anxiety management, but wish fulfillment is not typically framed as a conscious ego strategy of deception; it’s about the unconscious satisfaction of desires that could be repressed, not a deliberate conscious ploy.
Option C: 'It represents repressed desires that find satisfaction in alternative forms.' This matches Freud’s key claim about dreams: latent content (repressed wishes) is disguised and fulfilled in a symbolic, acceptable form in the manifest content of dreams. The idea is that unacceptable wishes are satisfied indirectly.
Option D: 'It refers to the superego’s moral drive to perfect one’s behaviours and thoughts.' The superego deals with moral standards and guilt, not with wish fulfillment. This option misplaces the mechanism Freud attributes to dream content and unconscious wish satisfaction.
Option E: 'It is the process of retrieving pleasant memories to sublimate repressed trauma.' Sublimation is a broader psychoanalytic mechanism but it doesn’t specifically define wish fulfillment in dreams. Freud’s dream theory centers on fulfillment of repressed wishes in dream symbolism, not merely recalling pleasant memories or sublimating trauma.

In summary, option C directly encapsulates Freud’s description of wish fulfillment through the discharge or satisfaction of repressed desires via dreams, whereas the other options misstate the mechanism (conscious strategy, moral drive, memory retrieval, or future simulation) or misattribute the concept to different processes. Thus, option C provides the best capture of the Freudian idea within these choices.

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Which of the following best captures Freud’s concept of wish fulfillment?

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