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6.2 Theories/Explanations: The Nature of Dreaming

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Question 4

A school research group compares written dream reports with waking fantasy reports. The mean bizarreness density scores are shown below.

Report typeMean bizarreness density score
Dream reports0.72
Waking fantasy reports0.24

Calculate how many times higher the mean score for dream reports is than for waking fantasy reports. Explain what this pattern suggests about the source of dream content and give one reason why it does not prove that explanation.

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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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