Dreams

Sources: Microsoft Encarta

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From: Encarta

Click on Find. Type: Dreaming

1.a. What is meant by 'dreams are more perceptual than conceptual' ?

b. In what percent of our dreams do we have:

1) visual experience? _________

2) auditory experience? _______

2. What is the difference between dream emotions and emotions experienced in the waking state?

3.a. What are the two states of sleep? In which one do we dream?

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b. About how many dream periods do we have each night? ____

c. About how much of our sleep time is spend dreaming? _____

d. How long do dreams last? __________

4. The author of this article thinks that other mammals do/don't dream. On what does he base his opinion?

5. In what way are dreams meaningful?

From: Grolier. Look up Dreams and Dreaming.

6. What information in the introduction contradicts information in the Encarta?

7. What meaning did the ancient Greeks give to dreams?

8. What is a key difference in the way that Freud and Jung interpret dreams?

9. What do the letters 'REM' stand for?

10.a. What did the researchers measure in their sleeping subjects?

b. The results of the REM research showed that:

1) People dream ________ nights a week.

2) We begin to dream about ___________ minutes after we fall asleep.

3) People have about _______ dreams a night, at intervals of about __________.

4) Total dreaming time per night is about ______________.

5) During the course of the night, dreams get longer/shorter.

11. During REM sleep, heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure increase/decrease?

12. Why are large voluntary muscles paralyzed when we dream?

13. Who dreams more, young babies or adults? Write down the statistics.

14. According to the activation-synthesis hypothesis, what causes dreams?

15. From your experience, which explanation of the meaning of dreams (top-down, bottom-up) seems correct? Why?

16. Does your experience support the theory that the function of dreams is to facilitate the resolution of problems?