Read the section titled “REM Sleep and Dreaming” on page 168 and “Dream Theories” on pages 169-170 in your textbook. These sections discuss theories on dreams, the history of dream interpretation, the most common characteristics of dreams, and the meaning of dreams.
Check out these websites:
Freud Museum: Dream Analysis-
You may have to click on “Discover Psychoanalysis” then scroll down to “The Interpretation of Dreams” or you can past the following link into your web browser. (Direct Link:
https://www.freud.org.uk/learn/discover-psychoanalysis/the-interpretation-of-dreams/)
Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychology: Becoming The Dream – A Gestalt Approach
(Direct Link:
https://iahip.org/page-1076535
)
Freud’s “Interpretation of Dreams”
(Direct Link:
https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf
)
For this week’s Assignment, answer the following questions in APA Format and in a word document. Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your Assignment.
Write about a dream that really made an impact on you. It can be a recurring dream, a scary dream, a happy dream, or an especially vivid dream.
What do the above websites say about the interpretation of your dream?
What do you think is the meaning behind this dream?