A Misinterpretation of Dreams

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A Misinterpretation of Dreams

• G. William Domhoff

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Freuds Views

• A firework
• Thoughts during dreaming develop during the day
• A reference to the events of the day
• Significant speeches in dreams are traced back to
  memories of speeches heard
• "wish-fulfillment is the meaning of each and
  every dream."
• The dream-work
• condensation, displacement, regard for
  representability and secondary revision

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More of Freuds views

• dreams produced by the dream-work are relatively
  meaningless unless subjected to interpretation
• Repression caused dreams to be forgotten
• Dreams are guardians of sleep
• Earliest impressions of our life occur in dreams

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Domhoffs Views

• Dreaming is a cognitive process
• Draws on memory schemas, episodic memories and
  general knowledge to produce simulations of the
  real world
• Development of cognitive nature occurs between
  ages 3-9
• Dreams have a psychological meaning
• Demonstrated by relationship between dream
  content, characters, social interactions, age,
  gender, culture and individual differences