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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

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Question 37

During a night of sleep, Amira's eyes moved rapidly beneath her closed eyelids and her muscles remained still. Later, she reported that she was walking through a familiar museum when the rooms changed without warning into a football pitch and then a supermarket. She felt frightened, although the bedroom had been quiet and safe.

Using the Activation Synthesis Theory, explain how Amira's dream could have been produced.

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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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