psychology 5.2. * dreams are repressed desires * provide access to the unconscious * use symbols to...
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Psychology 5.2
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*Dreams are repressed desires
*Provide access to the unconscious
*Use symbols to represent something other than we would normally think
*Freud
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*Dreaming is the brain's attempt to make sense out of random electrical activity that enters the forebrain during REM sleep
*Dreams are a response to this electrical activity and have no meaning
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*During dreaming, unneeded neural connections are cleaned up or cleared out which is why the brain creates random electrical energy
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*Allows us to learn by integrating new and old information
*Brain would become overloaded if we don’t dream
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*Lets us work out solutions to problems
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*Dreams are the interplay between the psychological triggering of brain waves and the psychological function of the imagination and interpretation parts of the mind
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*Mental experience that occurs during REM sleep and consists of vivid images
*Eyes move
*Irregular heart rate, breathing, body temperature
*Muscles become paralyzed
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*Lucid Dreaming
*When a sleeper is aware of dreaming while a dream is happening
*Can take control of the dream
*May be able to change dream to help/heal ourselves as we sleep
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*Creative vs Non Creative
*Dreams of obstacles- not people they have to overcome
*More animals
*More story like
*vivid
*More about assault and victimization
*Things happen to them
*Not a lot of control
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*Dream manipulation
*Dreams can be manipulated
*Insert characters in dreams but what happens depends on who it is and what they do
*By varying the character we can vary the outcome
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*Dreams-Age and gender
*3-4 animals and home
*5-6 more activities and feeling
* Girls more pleasant thing and a more active role
*Boys more unpleasant dreams and a passive role
*7-8 boys unpleasant dreams have almost disappeared
*9-10 more about school and happiness
*11-12 more about people their age, less of sadness
*13-14 increase in dreams where people are angry
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*Necessity of dreams
*If we don’t dream we become irritable, have trouble concentrating , memory lapses
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*Insomnia
*The difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
*Causes: depression, drugs, stress, scary scenes
*Treatment: medication, regular schedule
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*Narcolepsy
*Uncontrolled, recurring, sudden onset of REM sleep and total loss of muscle control
*Cause: anxiety or stress (exact cause is unknown)
*Treatment- medication
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*Sleep Apnea
*Frequent stoppage of breathing during sleep that last at least 20 sec
*Sleep is interrupted when breathing is restored
*Signals: heavy snoring, snorting, and daytime sleepiness
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*Night Terrors
*Sudden awakening in which sleeper sits up, eyes open in terror and may scream
*NREM sleep
*Usually doesn’t remember
*More common in males
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*Hypersomnia
*Excessive sleep; over 12 hours a day
*Hard for the person to wake up and may feel drowsy all day
*Causes severe depression, drugs, physical disorders
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*Sleepwalking
*Walking or sitting up during NREM sleep
*No critical judgment
*Need to be monitored
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*Sleeptalking
*Talking during NREM sleep
*Speech not usually understandable
*More common in children
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*Nightmares
*Disturbed dreams that occur during REM sleep
*Common themes: monsters, being pursued, being accused or punished unfairly, inadequate in some way
*What parents can do: take them seriously, don’t shame them, try to work through it, if they feel if they are in charge, they may work out problem causing nightmare
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