While dreaming, Priya does not hear a quiet conversation beside her bed. She dreams of throwing a ball, but her arms stay still until she wakes.
Explain how these two observations show sensory blockade and movement inhibition in activation synthesis theory.
48 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 9.1 Sleep and dreaming, covering 9.1.1 Functions, features and benefits of sleep, 9.1.2 Internal and external influences on sleep, 9.1.3 Sleep disorders, 9.1.4 Freudian theory of dreaming (Freud, 1900), and 9.1.5 Activation Synthesis Theory (Hobson and McCarley, 1977). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.