General
What period of sleep do dreams happen during?
REM / Rapid Eye Movement
Oneiromancy was the practice of dream interpretation as a way for people to do what? (There are two possible answers!)
Predicting the future
Communicating with Gods/ the divine
True or false: All mammals have REM sleep
True
Modern sleep theory believes that sleep can help a person to improve in their... what?
(3 possible answers)
Creativity
Problem Solving
Emotional Regulation
When you are dreaming, what is the activity level of your brain like?
It is as active as when you are awake
What did the book “The Interpretation of Dreams” suggest the purpose of dreaming was?
(2 possible answers)
Dreams seen as a way to access early memory or
Dreams are a way to access earlier conflict
(These conflicts and memories set us up for our current issues and suffering)
True or false: Birds do not enter REM sleep
False
When a person wakes up and remembers their dream, do they remember everything they have dreamt about that night?
No, only a few parts of dreams are remembered, if any at all!
True or False: Video gamers report doing worse on games when they encounter a problem, sleep, and come back to it.
False. They report being able to solve the problem faster/ play better
Carl Jung and modern day psychoanalysis therapists believe that dreams reveal what?
(3 possible answers)
Dreams have direct meaning.
Dreams disclose unconscious thoughts
Dreams bring us information that we cannot get in any other way
Reptiles do not enter REM sleep
True
What role might dreaming have in memory? Describe as best as you can.
Sorts short term memories into “long term” or memories to keep.
When lab rats were given problems to solve, like running a maze, what happened during their sleep?
They continued to solve the problem in their sleep /
Their brains lit up in the same patterns as when they were running the maze /
They were faster at the maze the next time compared to rats who did not enter REM
Modern scientists who study dreams and evolution of the ability to dream believe that dreams serve what purpose?
(4 possible answers)
A biological function
An impact on creativity
An impact on problem solving
Solidifying connections
True or False: The main function of sleep is to save and restore energy to the body
False
What role might dreaming have in processing trauma?
Helping the brain to forget of become less afraid, while remembering the important lessons
What is one example of what REM sleep regulates or supports?
(3 possible answers)
Emotion
Memory
Problem solving
What is one job of the Neocortex?
(4 possible answers)
sensory perception, reasoning, conscious thought, long term memory.
On average, Newborn babies sleep 16 hours a day, but only dream/ are in REM sleep for 2-4 hours a day.
False
They dream/ are in REM for ½ of their sleep time- around 8 hours
What reason was given for why babies dream?
Everything is new to them, so they have a lot of problems to solve, experiences to sort, and memories to create.