People's Psychological Well-Being and Their Everyday Dreams: Critical Analysis of a Study

People forget ninety present of all dreams. Sleep can produce a state of unconsciousness were the mind and brain apparently turn off the functions. Some people even have premonition dreams where they dream about something is going to happen. Like when Abraham Lincoln dreamed of his assassination and many victims of nine eleven had dreams warning them. So it seems that dreams try to warn you and get you ready. Showing the dreams-for-survival theory explains why people have dreams and why they are important.

Dream content reflects aspects of waking-life experiences. After memories are made, they are often fragmentally merged with other information to construct larger, holistic dreams. Autobiographical memories are predominantly represented in dreams in comparison to episodic and semantic memories. Among various characteristics from waking-life experiences such as places, people, and events, emotions are highly incorporated into dream content. There is also a decreasing relationship between the cognitive demand of an activity and the frequency in which that activity occurs in dreams. Dreams tend to include material from experiential memories and events from the preceding day as well as experiences from 5-7 days prior. The recurrence of memory content in dreams seems to support the hypothesis that dreaming helps with memory consolidation, or particularly the content which is reflected in dreams.

The researcher’s belief was that the inflated self-confidence, that learning lucid dreaming would equip their patients with, would decrease the patient’s anxiety and therefore decrease the frequency of the nightmares. With supporting evidence from the experiment that there was a decrease in nightmare frequency, it can be assumed that the researchers think their results can be applied to the greater majority of adults suffering from recurrent nightmares. The researchers are assuming through this assertion that all adults suffering from nightmares are under stress. This can be applied to adults who are suffering from specifically stress resulting from events from 2014. It is not accurate to assume that all stress is the same and that people will be affected similarly to

Topical Pattern Audience analysis: Dream interpretation is vital for everyone because being able to evaluate and understand the actions and information in your own dreams can allow you to figure out problems in reality. Topic: A dream is fascinating and the way one dechiphers it depends on who is having the dream. General Purpose: To inform (see p. 98) Specific Purpose: To inform my audience about dreams. Introduction: Attention-getter Do you remember your last dream?

There are studies that have shown that sleep and dreaming are linked to learning and to repair the body and mind. If we were to stop REM sleep or dreaming, the body recovers by increasing dream sleep first, recovering the loss of REM almost precisely. This suggests that dreaming is important. It has been observed that a lack of sleep causes waking dreams, interruption with memory and learning, difficulty of thinking straight, less associations, and more. It has therefore been suggested that REM or dream sleep is important in maintaining our well-being.

Many studies have been conducted on dreams; as a matter of fact, there are various examples that look at how gender and psychology contribute to this subject. Although there have been numerous studies conducted, there are still questions about whether gender has a strong contributing factor on how dreams are interpreted. Schredl, Götz and Wittmann (2004) suggested that typical dream themes are reliable and valid; however, the meaning of the themes and their relationship between real life experiences are still under investigation. The problem with the conflicting interpretations is that they can carry both negative and positive meanings. It is important that more individuals study this subject; mainly, to assure clarity within the interpretations.

Dreaming has often been viewed as a mysterious state of mind filled with extravagant scenes which do not make sense to the conscious mind. But, with advances in medical research the medical community has gained a better understanding of dreaming. It is now known that, “dreaming makes connections between recently experienced material (day residue) and old memories” (Hartmann). According to Klinger, through this process, “various types of waking thought, whether fantasies, worries, interest, or more generally speaking, ‘concerns’” are reviewed by the subconscious mind (qtd. in Domhoff and Schneider). The personal traumas and anxieties of an individual person are

Studies have shown prominence of themes in typical dreams but whether or not they hold a personal meaning or simply reflect emotional apprehensions are still up for debate between researchers. Based on the knowledge of reoccurring themes for dreams, a Typical Dream Questionnaire, or TDQ, was created. In order to create the TDQ, researchers did extensive investigations on particular themes and then applied cross-cultural comparisons in order to make the questions for the questionnaire. Ever since it was used, researchers have found that the answers to the questionnaire are widely different between

As stress accumulates, depressive moods and thoughts develop day after day which creates an unhealthy atmosphere for anyone. This could lead to negative thoughts and unproductivity of any task at hand. However, one of the solutions discovered to help with the depressing thoughts and moods was through dreaming at night. According a study performed by Rosalind Cartwright, the study showed that 72% of the subjects had less depression after dreaming (Chatterjee). How was this possible? There was a decreased development of depression while moods changed throughout the night. This could be explained by experiencing a pleasant dream which causes a release of pleasure neurotransmitters such as serotonin or dopamine. Pleasant dreams could be anything from superpowers related to even sexual. Another interesting thing about dreams, it can help someone find a problem that is bothering them through nightmares or dream adventures. Therefore, “an explication of a dream can lead to understanding personality dynamics and promote behavioral change” (Merced 183). Dreams could point out personality dynamics that need changing following a traumatic experience. People’s personality changes with every experience that occurs to them; therefore, it is possible to be happy one day then sad another day. Dreams can lead the dreamer to the problem and help get them mentally back on track. With dreams mentally being able to help,

Gollnick, James. The Spiritual, Social, and Scientific Meanings of Dreams: What Do Our Dreams Teach Us?. Edwin Mellen Press, 2013. EBSCOhost, library.lavc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=577428&site=eds-live.

Each of these findings reports a high level of statistical significance, indicating that it is unlikely the described differences between bad dream types is due to chance; yet, the size of difference remains unclear without a measure of effect. This research is well powered with sample size ranging from 635 to 638, raising the question as to how much of the statistical significance is related to the large sample. Without a measure of effect the answer is not forthcoming, and all practical significance is

“Dream Orientation as a Function of Hyperactivating and Deactivating Attachment Strategies” is an article written by Gabrielle Contelmo, Joshua Hart, and Emily H. Levine; this text will be used in the aid of this research. This piece discusses the reasoning behind peoples differing responses to their dreams. The hypothesis stated at the beginning is that gender, age, and personality affects the significance someone places on their dreams. There are two main types of people observed in this article; this includes avoidantly attached people and anxiously attached people. There is an attachment theory mentioned; the theory is called behavioral attachment, which involves being devoted to certain figures in one’s life. These significant figures are typically seen in people who share a

The way researchers studied and collected data on dreams was tricky. Before sleep laboratories, there was just the patient’s recollection of the dream, which was problematic because

“Dreaming is a complex process, and its study is not easy: we know little about the meanings and functions of dreaming; we are even not sure that definite dream functions exist.” (Barcaro, pg. xvi)

I chose this book to explore whether our dreams do mean anything, and whether it does symbolise and influence our past and future. The points that I will be talking about The Interpretation of Dreams in my review is the