1. EQ: What are the different dream theories?

2. Bellringer Look over your dream journal Do you see any patterns? Did you have the same dream or type of dream more than once? Do you think your dreams mean something? Pick one dream or aspect of a dream and explain what you think it means.

3. Dreams If woken from REM dreaming reported 78% of the time If woken from NREM dreaming reported 14% of the time Most of the time people do not know they are dreaming Lucid dreams-awareness of dreaming (not common)

4. Dream theories 1. Wish Fulfillment Psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud Dreams are disguised wishes of the unconscious mind Dreams constructed to express desires in confusing symbolic manner to protect dreamer

5. 2. Off-line dream theory Dreaming stores information gathered during the day to allow the brain to work more efficiently People spend more time in REM sleep after learning difficult material Less learning occurs if denied REM sleep

6. 3. Activation –synthesis theory Dreams are the forebrain’s attempt to interpret random neural activity coming from the midbrain during sleep Content related to your daily experiences but dreams have no real hidden meaning

7. Interpret your dreams http://www.dreammoods.com/ Assignment: Find three interesting facts about dreams (not your dreams-dreams in general) Look up the meaning of 10 different objects or actions in your dream Write a paragraph about your findings. Do you think they are true? Why/why not?