AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Freud had a dream that he was was the best psychologist ever, and that kids had to learn his theories until the end of time. This dream clearly supports which theory of dreaming?
A
dreams as wish fulfillment
B
dreams as filing memories
C
dreams to preserve neural pathways
D
activation-synthesis theory
E
dreams to reflect cognitive development
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Dreams are wish fulfillments. Freud’s most well-known theory, wish fulfillment, is the idea that when wishes can’t or won’t be fulfilled in our waking lives, they are carried out in dreams. Even anxious or punishing dreams have their roots in wish fulfillment, according to Freud.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sigmund Freud’s Theories Unconscious mind: This is one of his most enduring ideas, which is that the mind is a reservoir of thoughts, memories, and emotions that lie outside the awareness of the conscious mind.2.

Detailed explanation-3: -Despite the theory’s fame and influence on other psychological theories it has fallen into disrepute in recent years, and been roundly debunked by modern dream scientists.

Detailed explanation-4: -One prominent neurobiological theory of dreaming is the “activation-synthesis hypothesis, ” which states that dreams don’t actually mean anything: they are merely electrical brain impulses that pull random thoughts and imagery from our memories.

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