Dreams

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Dreams

• Unit 3
• Lesson 3

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Objectives

• Discuss various dream theories.
• Analyze dream symbols.

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Warm Up

• Describe a sleep cycle (stages, brain waves, body
  changes).

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What Is Dreaming?

• Story-like series of thoughts, images, or
  emotions occurring during (REM) sleep.

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More About Dreaming

• Duration
• Secs/Minutes to Hour
• Somewhat logical story-like
• LUCID dreaming- Aware of dreaming can direct
  dream

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Why Do We Dream?

• 4 popular ideas

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Cultural Lore

• Dreams are messages from gods, spirits
• Prophecy/Omen
• Native American
• Dreamcatchers

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Activation-Synthesis Dream Theory

• Dreams are by-products of random neural
  activity/firing
• Cortex tries to make sense of activitybut
  reasoning aspect shut off

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Problem Solving Dream Theory

• Dreams reflect problems we face during waking
  hours.

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Freuds Psychoanalytic Dream Theory

• Dreams reflect our unconscious wishes and urges
  fantasies.
• IMAGERY/ Symbols
• Manifest Content images in dream (censored)
• Latent Content meaning of dream

Discovery Streaming Great Books- Freud The
Interpretation of Dreams
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Freuds General Dream Symbols

• House Human
• Flat man
• Ornate woman
• Kings/Queens Parents
• Little Animals Siblings
• Water Birth
• Travel/Journey Death
• Males things that grow
• Females things that open

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Freuds Dream Theory

• 3 Types of Dreams
• Satisfaction
• Impatience
• Comfort

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Dream Analysis Activity

• Read about Doris and the dream she keeps
  havingwhen youre finished, interpret the
  meaning of Doriss dream.
• Dream interpretation influenced by prior
  knowledge, expectancies, motivation.

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Dream Log

• For the next week, record your sleep and dream
  patterns!
• I AM going to dream
• Pen and paper
• Scribble, write, draw everything uncensored
• Complete sheet in spare waking time

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Dream Log

• Interpreting Dreams
• www.dreammoods.com
• http//dream.dictionary-dream.info
• www.thecuriousdreamer.com

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Nightmares

• REM Sleep
• 12 per year
• Causes
• Anxiety, depression, mental stress
• Fears and active imaginations
• Traumatic events
• Drugs, medication
• Fever, illness

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Random Dream Facts

• Dream time Real time
• 3-5 dreams per night
• Blind people dream
• After 7, some visual images
• Problems? Dream longer.
• Most inside, involve motion
• Infer babies dream (images)
• People dream in color
• Animals dream

• Dream recall increases following traumatic
  experiences
• Psychic or precognitive dreams are common
• Lincoln, Twain
• Drugs influence dreams
• Often acquitted of criminal acts
• There are few non-dreamers, just non-recallers