PSY 4327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Businessperson, Exaggeration, Cn Tower
18 Apr 2018
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A friend of yours brought you this dream -- help them analyse it. (exam) Need to be able to pick out certain elements of dreams. Exam - pick 4 out of 8 questions: real world stimulus. 70% of dreams are stimulated by what we do in waking life. Can be up to 4-5 days before dream; can have content in dream of something when your were conscious. Questions to ask: when you review this dream, is there any part of it that was perhaps stimulated by your waking life experiences in the past 4-5 days. 70% of the time they"ll tell you something, that might or might not be relevant to the dream. Connects emotion memories just as much as it connects context memories. Dreams very much are about maintaining emotional equilibrium. Sometimes answer reveals meaning of the dream right there. Dreams can confuse your waking life: real world issues.
