B2d2 Evaluating Dream Analysis

Question 1

Strengths of dream analysis

Answer 1

1) It can access hard-to-reach information
Dream analysis is a way of tricking the brain into revealing some of the unconscious
2) it is usually accepted by the client
Because clients often agree, they can consider themselves ‘cured’
3) it uses information from the client directly
If the dreams were thought to be useful by the patient, then they are a legitimate method to use in a case study or therapy

Question 2

Ethical problems with dream analysis

Answer 2

Interpretation can be wrong and yet accepted, leading to false memories.
Dream analysis could be distressing for the client as they are taken back to possible stressful situations from their childhood.

Question 3

False memory

Answer 3

Any memory that is not true and can be given to someone else ‘remembering’ an event and telling another person who then ‘remembers’ it as true.