Dream Theories (Chapter 7) Flashcards
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Information-processing
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Dreams help us sort out the day’s events and consolidate our memories
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Freud’s wish-fulfilment
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Dreams provide a “psychic safety valve”– expressing otherwise unacceptable feelings; contain manifest content and a deeper layer of latent content
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Physiological function
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Regular brain simulation from REM sleep and may help develop and preserve neural pathways
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Activation-synthesis
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REM sleep triggers neural activity that evokes random visual memories, which our selling brain weaves into stories
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Cognitive theory
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Dream current reflects dreamers’ cognitive development– their knowledge and understand
