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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

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Priya hoped to be selected as captain of her hockey team, but another player, Niamh, was selected. Priya briefly wished that Niamh would be unable to play. The thought made Priya feel ashamed and, by that evening, she was no longer aware of having had it. That night, Priya dreamed that a gust of wind carried an armband from an empty hockey pitch into her hands while her team applauded. She slept until her alarm sounded.

Using Freudian theory, describe how Priya's experience could have produced this dream and why she remained asleep until her alarm sounded.

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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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