Psychology Exam 2 - Chapter 5 (dreams)

the dream theory of unconscious wish fulfillment was suggested by?

Freud

who was one of the most prominent dream analysts?

Freud

what is an example freud would use to uncover latent content when analyzing the meaning of the manifest content?

flying dreams symbolize a wish for sexual intercourse

latent content is?

"disguised" meaning of dreams (what you really want) and what the unconscious is trying to tell us

freud suggested, in regards to unconscious wish fulfillment two types of content...what are they?

latent content and manifest content

nightmares

negative, scary dreams that provide a "trial run" for handling emergencies

do psychologists today agree with Freud?

no, they don't believe that all dreams have to be symbolic

manifest content is?

overt story line of dreams (what you actually see) or what you "remember" seeing

activation synthesis theory

random electrical energy in the brain during REM sleep stimulates random memories

in activation synthesis theory, the brain makes sense of memories by building up a potentially meaningful memory. How does this partially agree with other theories?

the memories might be random, but the story may not be

people commonly dream about things really happening around them, what are some examples?

a doorbell in a dream turns out to be an alarm clock... or something like that

how would freud try to uncover latent content?

by analyzing the symbolic MEANING of the manifest content for example, some symbols being universal, while others are important only to you.

in the cognitive dream theory dreams are??

dramatizations of real life

cognitive dream theory

dreams can be understood as subconscious cognitive processing We use information processing, thinking, and memory to process general daily information in dreams

unconscious wish fulfillment

dreams represent unconscious wishes and hold symbolic meaning