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Comparing And Contrasting Psychological Theories Of Dreaming

Everyone dreams at night, but why do we dream? There are many theories and

interpretation of why are we dreaming. We usually dream at our REM sleep which is

the period of Rapid Eye Movement. But we do dream at NREM sleep as well, Non

Rapid Eye Movement. Our brain will still be functioning while we were asleep. The

common psychological theories of dream are from Sigmund Freud¡¦s ¡§Wish

Fulfillment¡¨ and Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley¡¦s ¡§Activation-synthesis¡¨.

Sigmund Freud¡¦s dream theory is mainly stating that we dream because we need to

accomplish our wish by dreaming. Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley¡¦s dream

theory is saying that we dream because dreaming is random activities that will occur

while we are sleeping. They both have their own interpretation, but after my research

I can say that Sigmund Freud¡¦s ¡§Wish Fulfillment¡¨ is valid and reliable.

Sigmund Freud was the father of psychoanalysis, a major school......


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