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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

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Question 5

During REM sleep, random activation reaches Priya's amygdala.

Which contribution does the amygdala make to Priya's dream, according to Activation Synthesis Theory?

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A

It produces a feeling of alarm before the storyline is built.

B

It supplies familiar faces and places from stored memories.

C

It produces vivid imagery from signals relayed inside the brain.

D

It arranges scattered signals into a sequence of events.

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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

81 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming, covering 6.2.1 Freudian dreaming: unconscious and repression, 6.2.2 Freudian dreaming: wish fulfilment and dream content; criticisms, 6.2.3 Freudian Theory research study: Freud (1918), 6.2.4 Activation Synthesis: REM sleep and the brain, 6.2.5 Activation Synthesis: pons, cortex and synthesis; criticisms, and 6.2.6 Activation Synthesis research study: Williams et al. (1992). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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