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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DREAMS by: Lauren Schone, Bong Sok, Carrie Myers, Lauren Hollinger. INTRODUCTION DREAM: a sequence of images, etc. passing through a sleeping person’s mind. ~ dreams intrigue because they have a mystical and illusive quality ~ but do certain factors cause specific dreams?.
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FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DREAMSby: Lauren Schone, Bong Sok, Carrie Myers, Lauren Hollinger
INTRODUCTIONDREAM: a sequence of images, etc. passing through a sleeping person’s mind
~ dreams intrigue because they have a mystical and illusive quality~ but do certain factors cause specific dreams?
SLEEPING~ essential part of human life~ one quarter of sleep time is spent dreaming, that’s seven and a half years!!!
Freudian Function~ tool for wish-fufillment~ two occurrences during sleeping~ dreams as “guardians”
Jungian Juxtaposition~ worked closely with Freud and his ideas~ believed in “spiritual” aspect of unconscious
WHY DREAM?~ helps brain grow during young ages~ strengthens connections between certain areas of brains
~ sleep deprivation and dream deprivation one night will result in lots of REM sleep the next night~ this is why we believe that those who do not sleep well one night will have many dreams the next night
MEN vs. WOMEN~women and men have different dream themes that relate to pleasantness, setting, sexuality, and stereotypical dreams
STRESS~ we dream because the mind is still processing issues and concerns~ tension and unresolved struggles follow into sleep
~ people incorporate their stress into dreams~stress increases dream emotionality ~ more stress =more dreams (that means architect majors)
EXPERIMENT~ based upon learned information we have chosen categories to examine in relation to dreams~ comparison of these categories will hopefully expose dream patterns
~ sex / gender~ stress~ number of hours slept~ number of dreams per night~ academic major~ residence hall~ dream theme
OTHER OBSERVATIONS~the number of hours slept did not appear to affect the number of dreams~the greatest number of dreams recorded in one night was five
~sleep rating and stress levels both ranged from one to ten~most stress appeared to be due to school, then friends, then family (which makes sense since we are in college)
FACTORS THAT AFFECT RESULTS~the number of people surveyed~honesty of participants~limited dream type list
HOW WOULD WE DO IT DIFFERENTLY?~survey more people and the same number of people in each category (sex, dorm, major)~expand list of dream types