AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This theory suggests that dreams help us sift, sort, and process our everyday experiences and thoughts.
A
Wish-Fulfillment theory
B
Activation-synthesis theory
C
Information processing theory
D
Repair/Restoration theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Freud’s wish-fulfillment theory: dreams provide a “psychic safety valve” – expressing otherwise unacceptable feelings; contain manifest (remembered) content and a deeper layer of latent content (hidden meaning). consolidate our memories.

Detailed explanation-2: -Dreams Process Information According to the activation-synthesis model of dreaming, which was first proposed by J. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley, circuits in the brain become activated during REM sleep, which triggers the amygdala and hippocampus to create an array of electrical impulses.

Detailed explanation-3: -There are three major theories: the psychodynamic theory of dreaming, the physiological theory of dreaming, and the cognitive theory. The physiological theories of dreaming discuss how the brain processes information, and how it manifests as a dream.

Detailed explanation-4: -Physiological theories claim that dreams are a product of processes in the body that the brain interprets when we sleep.

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