Activation Synthesis Theory
Do your dreams have a universal language or weird implications? Dreams can be powerful and intense and can impact the beginning of a brand new day. The psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, theorized that dreams bury themselves in unconscious emotions and as we sleep our mind releases these emotions in the form of dreams. “The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1900, by Sigmund Freud, symbolically opened the twentieth century and appeared as one of the most influential books of the century” (Robinson, 2011, p. 23). The origin of dreams encompasses three areas, the psychological, the scientific and the theoretical depending on to whom you talk. But for this paper, a review of Freud’s concepts of dreams, an analysis of the Activation Synthesis Theory of dreams, and an inquiry into the Activation-Information-Mode (AIM) Model of dreams will define dream theories.
Dreaming is an important aspect of a person’s psychological well-being, and Sigmund Freud began the real inquiry into the process of dreaming (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p. 150). The proposition that all dreams are meaningful, and they express wishes grounded in infantile sexual desires completed Freud’s premise. A primary reason for dreams, as suggested by Freud, was the fulfillment of desires and his theory stated that dreams stood as an expression of a repressed wish. As Freud …show more content…
The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dream theories states that dreaming is just another form of thinking which occurs during sleep. The AIM model presumes information accessed during waking hours can influence the creation of dreams as opposed to random thoughts. Because of personal experiences with dreaming, it appears that Freud’s theory of dreams is the less accurate description of dreams. Understandably, Freud’s theory of dreams relates to the psychological while the activation-synthesis hypothesis and AIM theories refer
Dreaming is an important aspect of a person’s psychological well-being, and Sigmund Freud began the real inquiry into the process of dreaming (Ciccarelli & White, 2015, p. 150). The proposition that all dreams are meaningful, and they express wishes grounded in infantile sexual desires completed Freud’s premise. A primary reason for dreams, as suggested by Freud, was the fulfillment of desires and his theory stated that dreams stood as an expression of a repressed wish. As Freud …show more content…
The activation-synthesis hypothesis of dream theories states that dreaming is just another form of thinking which occurs during sleep. The AIM model presumes information accessed during waking hours can influence the creation of dreams as opposed to random thoughts. Because of personal experiences with dreaming, it appears that Freud’s theory of dreams is the less accurate description of dreams. Understandably, Freud’s theory of dreams relates to the psychological while the activation-synthesis hypothesis and AIM theories refer