Honors Quiz - Dreams, Hypnosis, and Meditation

Dream

A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind.

Lucid dreams

Being aware while dreaming and wondering if we are actually dreaming. May be able to control how the dream unfolds.

Wish-fulfillment theory

Dreams are a symbolic version of unconscious wishes.

Latent content

The rated 'R' version of your dream.

Manifest content

The remembered or apparent storyline of a dream.

Information processing theory

File away the day's memories.

Physiological function theory

Develop and preserve neural pathways.

Activation synthesis theory

Dreams come from neural activity that spreads up from the brainstem and activates visual memory, which becomes a story.

Cognitive theory

You only dream of things you know knowledge about.

Threat Simulation Theory

Dreams act as a 'fire drill' for dangerous situations, rehearsing responses to threats.

Hypnosis

A social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.

Post-hypnotic suggestion

A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors.

Social influence theory

The subject is so caught up in the hypnotized role, like an actor, that they begin to feel and behave in ways appropriate to the suggestion.

Divided-consciousness theory

Information is processed without conscious awareness, making much of our behavior occur on autopilot.

Posthypnotic amnesia

Supposed inability to remember what one experienced during hypnosis.

Meditation

The practice of training your mind to focus on one thing at a time, and to be fully present in the moment.