Exam 27: Psychology in Action: Exploring and Using Dreams

Which dream theorist believed that most dreams are special messages about what's missing in our lives,what we avoid doing,or feelings that need to be "re­owned"?

If you ask yourself in your sleep,"Could this be a dream?" and answer "Yes," you are probably experiencing

Marty dreams about a strange man standing behind a door.To interpret his dream,Marty speaks aloud to the man,then answers for him,and even speaks for the door,saying "I am a barrier.I keep you safe,but I also keep you locked inside.The stranger has something to tell you.You must risk opening me to learn it." Marty is using the dream analysis technique of

Stephen LaBerge and his colleagues at the Stanford University Sleep Research Center were able to show that lucid dreams are real,and they occur

To modify their own nightmares,nightmare sufferers can use

If you were to follow Ernest Hartmann's approach to understanding your dreams,you would focus on

When a dreamer makes a dream more logical by adding details to the dream after awakening,the dream process being used is

Which of the following dream researchers is best known for his work with lucid dreaming?

According to Freud,the four dream processes include condensation,displacement,secondary elaboration,and

According to Freud,the dream process in which a single character in a dream may represent several people at once is

Jared has awakened spontaneously from a dream.He takes a few minutes to try to memorize the dream.Next,he engages in 10 to 15 minutes of reading that requires his full wakefulness.Then,while lying in bed and returning to sleep,he says to himself,"Next time I'm dreaming,I want to remember I'm dreaming." Finally,he visualizes himself lying in bed asleep while in the dream he just rehearsed.At the same time,he pictures himself realizing that he is dreaming.Jared is trying to learn how to use

Explain how collecting and interpreting one's dreams can promote self­awareness,and describe the procedure outlined in your textbook for "catching a dream."

Drugs that tend to suppress dreaming by interfering with REM sleep include

Eric is telling his dream to his therapist and describes walking through a forest with bats flying overhead and the moon over his shoulder.Eric's therapist encourages him to speak aloud as each character in his story,the moon,the bats,and the trees.Eric's therapist is using the dream analysis technique of

A recently divorced woman kept dreaming that she was being swallowed by a giant wave.After awakening,the woman rehearsed in her mind swimming against the wave.She then went back to sleep and was able to swim against the wave in this dream.In so doing,the nightmare lost its terror.More important,her revised dream made her feel that she could cope with life again.This woman was using which of the following to solve a personal problem?

Which of the following theorists identified four dream processes that were believed to disguise the hidden meanings of dream images?

According to Freud,when several people,objects,or events are combined into a single dream image,the dream process of secondary elaboration has taken place.

If you feel vulnerable in your class,or are unprepared for a test,and dream that you came to class naked,then you are experiencing

Reviewing and thinking about a problem before you go to sleep

Jana has an argument with her husband and then dreams that she accidentally backs into his motorcycle,damaging it slightly.Of Freud's four mental filters that disguise dreams,this would be an example of _______.