Dreaming and Consciousness Lecture Notes

Flashcards for reviewing the lecture notes on Dreaming, Consciousness, and related theories.

Dreaming is an __

Altered State of Consciousness during REM Sleep

Hypnosis is a __

Systematic Procedure that induces a heightened State of Suggestibility in Someone else

Meditation is a collection of __

Systematic procedures to self-induce heightened awareness & establish voluntary control of mental processes.

__ -Thought has so much in common with a Stream (can be calm, turbulent, deep or shallow)

Stream of Consciousness-Introduced by william James

Not all thought is __

Thoughts reflect info processing Outside Conscious awareness

__ increase CNS activity

Stimulants increase CNS activity

__ decrease CNS activity

Depressants decrease CNS activity

The day __is the phenomenon where __

Events or people that were not thought about or encountered in a long time appear in your dream

Dreams occur during __

REM Sleep, Sometimes in non- REM Stages of Sleep

Wish Fulfilment theory includes__

Regulation of inappropriate desires that Shouldnt be expressed

Theory of __states that Dreams = reflections of problems we deal with & help discover a solution

Dreams = reflections of problems we deal with & help discover a solution

Activation Synthesis states that __

Dreams are an artifact of Spontaneous neuronal activity during REM

Latent Dream Contents is the __

Symbolic content of the dream

Manifest Dream Contents is the __

Aspects of the dream we are aware of