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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

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Question 20

A sleep research team plans a modified replication of Williams et al.'s study. A sleep monitor confirms that each dream report is collected immediately after REM sleep, while waking fantasies are collected only when participants are fully alert. The researchers calculate bizarreness density scores but also retain and analyse the detailed content of every report.

Explain two strengths of these changes to Williams et al.'s study.

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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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