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32 Cards in this Set
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oenology
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study of dreams
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dream analysis
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manner in which a social psychological realities are reflected in the dream
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Physiological dream theory - • Activation synthesis hypothesis
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rise of rationalism - dreams were meaningless random expressions of physiologic activity during sleep
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2 components of physiological dream theory
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activation (result of the activity of the brainstem in REM sleep) & synthesis ( without sensory into the brain it tries to inject meaning into random signals)
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5 cardinal characteristic of dreams
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intense emotion, illogical content, apparent sensory impressions, uncritical acceptance of dream events, and difficulty in being remember
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stochastic resonance
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a condition in which excitation keeps the system in motion so it can follow inherently natural patterns of activity
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Chaos theory
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brain is not a machine that lies dormant for a period of time but a self organized and self creative system that is critically poised to respond to small perturbation
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Cognitive dream theory
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dreams can be understood as thinking and hence not unrelated to what happens during wake
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Foulkes dream theory
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activation during dreaming is diffused rather than directed - no meaningful plan underlying the construction of a dream (doesn't mean anything) - could reveal something about a person character
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Cognitive experiential dream theory
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Clara Hill - dreams are meaningful - non conscious effort to incorporate waking events into the cognitive framework used for making sense of reality that is already stored in memory
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Psychoanalytic dream theory
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freuds - dreams possess a meaning - mainly wish fulfillment - usually sexual in nature
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Manifest dream content
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the apparent content of the dream
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laten dream content
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what the dream is really about
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Jungian dream theory
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dream images are symbolic - dream interpretation depends on the ability to find meaningful parallel ideas to the symbols found in dreams
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4 characteristics of Jungian theory
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1. exposition - sets the place, time and characters
2. development 3. culmination - something decisive happens 4. solution or result |
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collective unconscious
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universal stratum of the mind underlying human experience and behavior
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archetypes
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essential psychic characteristics of the collective unconscious that distinguish us as human beings
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dream lag effect
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incorporation of stimuli that are identified come from proceeding days/weeks/months
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Hypnagogia
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states in which hynagogic and hypnopomic imagery occur and the phenomena that occurs in those states - experiences that we having when falling/awaking from sleep
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autosymbolic
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images that occur - immediately preceding thoughts of ones internal condition in the hypnagogic state of somatic sensations
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hypnopomic imagery
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continuations of dream imagery into the waking state while in other cases they are discontinuous with dreams
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intuition
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understanding of apparent non conscious communication without commitment to any specific notions of what intuition may turns out to be
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practical dream interpretations
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degree to which useful meanings can be found in dreams - depends on the care and ingenuity with which the dream interpreter proceeds
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discrimination
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the degree to which a person recognized the state they are in
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control
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the degree to which a person has apparent control over the events occurring within her existence
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reality
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degree to which experiences that are occurring for a person seem real
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characteristic of lucid dreams
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aware of actual situation - higher levels of control - more positive emotions & higher levels of visual vividness - clarity
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2 ways to lucid dream
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1. retain continuity of consciousness while falling asleep
2. become aware while dreams that they are dreaming |
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mnemonic method for lucid dreaming
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1. concentrate single mindely on the intention to remember and recognize that your dreaming
2. imagine yourself back in a recent dreaming with the difference of realizing your dreaming |
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dreamlight
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device that can present cues to the sleeper while they're dreaming
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prelucid dream
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dreamer has raised the question of whether or not they are dreaming and concluded wrong
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precognitive dream
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meaningful coincidences between dream content and actual future events
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