Psychological perspectives delve into the symbolic meaning and emotional content of dreams. Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, famously viewed dreams as 'the royal road to the unconscious,' believing they represented disguised wish fulfillments and acted as a release valve for repressed desires and conflicts. He distinguished between the manifest content (the dream as remembered) and the latent content (its underlying psychological meaning). Carl Jung, a contemporary of Freud, expanded on this, suggesting dreams draw upon a 'collective unconscious' filled with universal archetypes and symbols. For Jung, dreams serve to integrate various aspects of the psyche, guiding individuals towards self-realization and wholeness.