1. Dreams Pick up and Article and read!
Are dreams really just a wish your heart makes?
Dreams Pick up and Article and read!

2. 10/24/14 Article Video Monday Dream Notes
Activation Synthesis Activity
10/24/14

3. Dreams aren’t normally that exciting and are generally mundane
They tend to be filled with familiar characters, dominated by friends, and colleagues and places
This is probably why dreams seem more exotic and we remember the weird ones!
Contents of Dreams

4. Some dreams are more common than others
People often dream of sex, aggression, and misfortune
Center around classic sources of internal conflict
Dreams are self-centered (much like we are)

6. Gender Differences Women Men More likely to dream of children
More likely to dream about being the target of aggression
More likely to dream about sex with boyfriends and their husbands
Men
More likely to dream about acting aggressively
More likely to dream about strangers
More likely to dream about liaisons with attractive female strangers
Gender Differences

7. Links Between Dreams and Waking Life

8. What people dream about is affected by what is going on in their lives
Themes in your life may show up in your dreams
“Day residue”

9. We often dream of aversive matters
Thinking vs not thinking in studies

10. The content of dreams can also be affected by stimuli experienced while asleep

11. Culture and Dreams-Western Culture
In Western society, we understand the distinction between the “real” world and the “imaginary” world
Dreams are largely written off as being insignificant, meaningless meanderings of the unconscious
Culture and Dreams-Western Culture

12. Theories of Dreams Now… Get in your groups of 3
Each person will receive one Dream Theory to become an expert on
Wish Fulfillment
Problem-Solving View
Activation Synthesis Model
It will then be your task to educate the others in your group
Take good notes
Theories of Dreams

13. To File Away Memories: information processing perspective, REM sleep and memory connection
To Develop and Preserve Neural Pathways: physiological function- sleeping brain gets hit with periodic stimulation
Other Dream Theories

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