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Notes Myth 6
Dream Information
Dream Film
To discuss this myth, we need to clarify what
dreams are and how dreams happen.
Everyone Dreams
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Recallers vs. Non-Recallers
– recallers get enough REM cycles
– recallers wake from those REM cycles
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Sequence of Dreams (Cartwright)
– 1: review of problem related to days events
– 2 & 3rd: recall earlier episodes of day
– 4: set in the future
– 5: ties all elements together into 1 bizarre tense
“extravaganza” or “finale”!
4. Typical Dream Content
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2 characters, in addition to the dreamer
Indoors
More passive (you are watching)
More hostile/unpleasant
More strange males than females
• Male dreams tend to differ from females:
Males: More active, fighting, naked, $$$
Females: More endangered, emotional (not
aggressive)
REM & Dreaming
20 MOST COMMON DREAMS: (self-report)
• Falling (83)
• Being attacked or pursued (77)
• Trying repeatedly to do something (71)
• School, teachers, studying (71)
• Sexual experiences (66)
• Arriving too late (64)
• Eating (62)
• Being frozen with fright (58)
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Being locked up (56)
Finding money (56)
Swimming (52)
Snakes (49)
Being dressed inappropriately (46)
Being smothered (44)
Being nude in public (43)
Fire (41)
Failing an exam (39)
Flying (34)
Seeing self as dead (33)
5. Why do you think we dream?
• Write down your own hypothesis
• Share with your groups
6. Dream Theories
a.
Freud
• via regia – the royal road to the
unconscious
• The Interpretation of Dreams (1900)
• Id allowed to step out while ego
shuts down
• Universal symbolic truths (sexual
and aggressive)
– Manifest – The storyline you remember
consciously
– Latent – The deeper, hidden, symbolic,
unconscious meaning
6. Dream Theories
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Extensions of daily life
• Most dreams (early in the night) reflect daily activities
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Spiritual portal
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Reflect communication with spirit world/God/Gods
Allow you to predict the future
6. Dream Theories
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Activation-synthesis (Hobson & McCarley)
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Brain very active during REM sleep
Many neurotransmitters released
Frontal lobes dampened
Limbic system activated
– Emotion/memory
• All of this activity allows for the synthesis of memory
7. Lucid Dreams
Lucid Dreaming – Being aware that you are
dreaming while dreaming and controlling the
content.
– Some Research
• Stress/Sleep Schedule/8-9 Hours
– Train Yourself!
Film
• What Are Dreams?
• Complete worksheet as you watch
• Questions in order
STOP HERE
8. Sleep Disorders
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Insomnia
The inability to either fall asleep and/or stay asleep in the night
#1 Cause – Stress/anxiety
#2 Cause – Irregular sleep schedule
#3 Cause – Diet/Medications
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Narcolepsy:
Genetic sleep disorder
Fall into uncontrollable “sleep attacks” – directly to REM
Muscle paralysis common
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVCYdrw-1o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wN1_yS6_5T4
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Sleep apnea:
Cessation of breathing while sleeping
(typically 100 – 300 X per night)
Causes: Weight/Obstruction/Smoking/Asthma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjQdAf9cQBo
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REM Sleep Disorder
Muscles do not paralyze during REM cycle
Act out your dreams
We Know WHEN We Dream, So ..
• What about this myth?
• Have researchers found that dreams possess symbolic
meaning?
• Let’s test this for ourselves …
• Dream Analysis - Homework
– DUE TUESDAY!! (today)
• Dream Interpretation
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1 or 2 book sources
1 website max
Partner – make an honest attempt!
Your own
Turn it all in when you are done
Upcoming Schedule:
Tuesday: January 3rd
• Myth #7
• Film/Film Worksheet
Thursday: January 5th
• Myth #7 Notes
• Begin Myth #8 – Hypnosis
• Test Review Assignment
Monday: January 9th
• Notes Myth #8 - Hypnosis
• Practice Self-hypnosis – Wear
something comfortable!
• Notebook Check Sheet
• Reminders
January 11th
• Notebook Check
• Test
• Personality Quizzes DUE
• Myth #8 Notes DUE
• All missing/late work DUE
• Extra Credit DUE
January 13th – End of Semester/Class
• Myths #9/#10 – Psychological
Disorders