Psychology: Sleep Experiment Data & What are Dreams? : Unit V
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Grade Level:
11/12
Subject:
Psychology
Overview- Data from the sleep experiment will be discussed by individual, by class, and by entire
course. Discussions about possible correlations, (ie: time of day, weather, noise, etc.), and/or
causes of certain variations. Dreams
Prepared By:
L. Korpics 2013-14
Performance Standards Addressed. APA: American
Psychological Association for High School Social Studies. AP
Psychology: College Board.
To understand, identify, describe and explain the multiple
theories of dreams, & compare theorists.
Do Now:
Do Now: What was your most memorable
dream?
-Tally up hours of sleep per night for sleep
journals.
They Do: Compare average amount of
hours per night with their neighbor.
Teacher Objectives
SWBAT: Understand The theory of why we dream
is a Construct…creating something in mind: such
as a theory as a .result of systematic thought
Define: intangible, Describe how we dream most often
during REM sleep. Describe Lucid Dreanig, Night
Terrors, Freud’s Manifest/Latent Content of
Dreams.Describe the Activation Synthesis Theory.
Discuss how origins of dreams are either psychological
or physiological depending on what theory you follow
I do: Notes on Objectives, Inquiry
We do: Discussion , -Correlations & Causes of Sleep
Data?
Closure:
(check for student understanding)
“What Did We Learn?”
TEST: Sleep & Consciousness Exam
Student Guide
Dreams- during REM Sleep – most dreams
occur during this phase
Dreams remembered from other stages are
less emotional and sensible
Lucid Dreaming: training to be aware of and
direct one’s dreams to help cure people of
nightmares.
Incubus: Night Terrors – wake during REM –
happens to young children often after
disruption of sleep cycle, (holidays, guests,
vacations, etc.)Freud: “Royal road to the
unconscious”
“Manifest Content” – remembered parts
“Latent Content” - underlying meaning
McCarley and Hobson: Activation Synthesis
Theory: during dreams the pons generates
bursts of action potentials to the brain You try
to create a story line out of it (synthesize)
Most of your dreams happen between 4 and 7
am.
Analysis: Sleep cycles: individual, class,
course.
Materials Needed
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Pen
Notebook
Text: “Psychology & You