DREAMS Flashcards
dreams as wish fulfillment
Freud
the dream itself
manifest content (Freud)
the true, hidden meaning of a dream
latent content (Freud)
Dreams are “Royal Roads to the Unconscious”
Freud
Father of Psychoanalysis and Dream analysis
Freud
repressed (desires) > unconscious > symbols = dreams
Freud
Dreams = Wish fulfillment or anxiety
Freud
Dreams = desire
Freud
Dreams are Planning for the future
ALFRED ADLER
Brain simulating something, detecting possibilities and possible action
ALFRED ADLER (dreams)
Focus on the action or planning, What action to take, Not always negative
ALFRED ADLER (dreams)
dreams are Source of art and creativity
CARL JUNG
Eccentric look on dreams
CARL JUNG
unconsciousness of the whole humanity
Collective consciousness
Where metaphors come from
Collective consciousness
dreams = collective consciousness
Carl Jung
Royal Road to Consciousness
Gestalt
Dreams = understand waking life, control consciousness, understand why you feel a certain way
Gestalt
dreams are created by the higher centers of the cortex to explain the brain stem’s activation of cortical cells during REM sleep periods
ACTIVATION-SYNTHESIS HYPOTHESIS
Dreams are random electrical impulses, no meaning
ACTIVATION-SYNTHESIS HYPOTHESIS
revised version/explanation of dreams of the activation-synthesis hypothesis
ACTIVATION-INFORMATION-MODE MODEL
information that is accessed during waking hours can influence the synthesis of dreams
ACTIVATION-INFORMATION-MODE MODEL
Dreams = no meaning, related to what happened during waking hrs
ACTIVATION-INFORMATION-MODE MODEL
dreaming should be seen as an ancient biological defense mechanism.
THREAT-SIMULATION THEORY
Similar to Alfred Adler’s theory
THREAT-SIMULATION THEORY
Dreams are thought to provide an evolutionary advantage because of their capacity to repeatedly simulate potential threatening events
THREAT-SIMULATION THEORY
Dreams are Possible negative things that can happen and what you can do to avoid that
THREAT-SIMULATION THEORY
dreaming serves to discharge emotional arousals (however minor) that haven’t been expressed during the day
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Dream frees up space in the brain to deal with the emotional arousals of the next day and allows instinctive urges to stay intact.
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Dreams = the expectation is fulfilled (the action is “completed”) in a metaphorical form so that a false memory is not created.
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
This theory explains why dreams are usually forgotten immediately afterwards.
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Supports Freud’s Theory
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Wants that weren’t expressed are fulfilled in the dream but brain doesn’t allow you to create false memories
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Fulfill expectations through metaphors (manifest/latent content)
EXPECTATION-FULFILLMENT THEORY
Proposes that dreaming is a result of brain activation and synthesis.
CONTINUAL-ACTIVATION THEORY
The function of sleep is to process, encode, and transfer data through consolidation
CONTINUAL-ACTIVATION THEORY
processes the conscious-related memory (declarative memory)
NREM sleep
processes the unconscious related memory (procedural memory)
REM sleep
Dreams - being consolidate from short term to long term
CONTINUAL-ACTIVATION THEORY
- Freud
- Alfred Adler
- Carl Jung
- Gestalt
- Threat-Simulation Theory
- Expectation-Fulfillment Theory
- Continual-Activation Theory
Theories
- Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis
- Activation-Information-Mode Model
Hypothesis/Model
