Psych Sleep And Consciousness Terms

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hypnogogics

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odd sensations and hallucinations as you begin to enter sleep

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circadian rhythms

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natural 25 hour rhythms that dictate peak periods for various activities ; driven by light reception in the retina; adaptive as a way to conserve energy, regulate temperature, and protect species

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Psychoanalytic Theory of Dreams

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interpretation of dreams as unconscious wishes-- wishes and fantasies that you aren't aware of while awake than become present while dreaming; Freud;

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Manifest content

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dream content -- the apparent content-- what the dream is actually about and what happens

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Latent content

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dream content that has a hidden meaning; hidden interpretation of the dream (riddle)

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Activation Synthesis Theory of Dreams

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theory that dreams are random neuronal firings activated in the cortex while you sleep and that the forebrain synthesizes images with existing memories and feelings and weaves them into a story