Mental Experiences On Dreams: The Comprehension Of Dreams
analytical Essay
1026 words
The Comprehension of Dreams
Julia Humphrey
University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Abstract
Dreams are conventionally known as mental experiences during REM sleep and are very realistic for individuals while dreaming, making up an “imaginary world” subconsciously. Theorists such as Sigmund Freud, Rosalind Cartwright, J. Allan Hobson, and Michelle Carr all study different aspects of dreams and even create theories regarding them. As said before, dreams most commonly take place in the REM stage of sleep, but are also capable of occurring in other stages too. Results from these studies show that dreams are not always retained, making it hard to understand them fully. Dreams vary on cultures and societies, but people generally
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that dreaming is a mental experience during rem sleep. theorists such as sigmund freud, rosalind cartwright, j. allan hobson, and michelle carr study different aspects of dreams.
- Analyzes how freud believes it is impossible to analyze dreams if they occur unconsciously and are not always comprehended.
- Analyzes how michelle carr studies dreams in the article, it was just a dream... and talks about the recovery of dreams, even when they aren't remembered.
- Explains sigmund freud's study of dreams, which is said to fill nonconscious urges, and latent content, hidden meaning of the event within the plot.
- Explains rosalind cartwright's contribution to the study of dreams. she suggested that dreams can give a pathway to work through everyday problems and emotional issues.
- Explains that hobson and his colleagues have gone against this study to say that dreams are the by-product of bursts of activity from subcortical areas in the brain.
- Explains that dreams are not as delusional as they are often perceived to be. however, dreams outside of rem sleep are less realistic and vivid, visual, or emotional.
- Explains that dreams are not taken seriously in western cultures, but other non-western societies use them as a crucial role to the discovery of information about oneself.
- Explains that dreams are within each individual's mind, but there are common dreams that people tend to have. potentially negative or traumatic events, sexual experiences, falling, studying, being late, dying, and insects are some of the common topics.
- Explains that dreams revolve around current issues hidden under the surface of each individual, along with culture playing an impact with the types of dreams that occur.
- Explains that psychology: themes and variations, ninth edition. wadsworthfreud, s. (2010). the interpretation of dreams.
Potentially negative or traumatic events, being chased or pursued, sexual experiences, falling, studying, being late, dying, and insects are some of the common topics that people experience through dreams. Dreams typically focus on internal conflicts, so this list makes sense.
Overall, dreams are complex in all aspects of study. People tend to have similar types of dreams, but they revolve around current issues hidden under the surface of each unique individual, along with culture playing an impact with the types of dreams that occur. Through the studies: principal purpose of dreams, the cognitive problem-solving view, and the activation-synthesis model, extensive research has been created to give us a better understanding of what our brains experience while asleep.
References
WEITEN, W. (2013). PSYCHOLOGY: THEMES AND VARIATIONS, NINTH EDITION. BELMONT, CA: WADSWORTH
FREUD, S. (2010). THE INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS, THIRD EDITION. (A.A. BRILL, TRANS.). NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY (ORIGINAL PUBLISHED 1913)
CARR, M. (2017). IT WAS JUST A DREAM… NEW SCIENTIST, 124-127 RETRIEVED FROM
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