Chapter 5.2 Dreams

Question 1

Freud’s Dream Protection Theory

Answer 1

Dreams as guardians of sleep. The ego is less able during the sleep and cannot pressure sexual and aggresive instincts.

Question 2

Wish Fulfillment

Answer 2

Dreaming about how we wish things could be

Question 3

Manifest content

Answer 3

details of the dream itself

Question 4

Latent content

Answer 4

hidden meaning on dream

Question 5

Activation Synthesis Theory

Answer 5

theory that dreams reflect inputs random images from brain activation originating in the pons -which the forebrain then attempts weave into a story

Question 6

Damaged forebrains and white matter

Answer 6

can lead to complete loss of dreaming

Question 7

Neurocognitive Theory

Answer 7

Theory that dreams are meaningful product of our cognitive capacities which shaped that what we dreamed about. Children’s dreams are more simple and lack of movement. Complex dreams are cognitive achievements that parallel the gradual development of visiual imagination