Topic B - Is dreaming meaningful?

== Content ==
# Freud's dream theory
# How neurons send messages
# Hobson and McCarley's activation-synthesis theory, concepts of random activation, sensory blockade and movement inhibition. Evaluation of this theory. 
# Compare and evaluate Freud's dream theory to Hobson and McCarley's. 
# Methodology: reliability, generalisability 
# Ethics issues: privacy and confidentiality 
# The case study method: features and evaluation 
# Dream analysis of Little Hans - phobia of horses
# Evaluation of dream analysis
# Role of psychoanalyst 
# How psychological sleep disorders are treatedClick here to see Topic B example exam questions, answered and explained for you. 
== Key Terminology - Freud ==
This topic contains a lot of key terminology, much more than any other unit. See Freud for more, this now appears under Freud as well. 
# Manifest content: story dreamer tells 
# Latent content: the underlying meaning of the dream 
# Condensation: when many thoughts and elements from the unconscious are represented in one symbol
# Displacement: when something seems to be unimportant but is actually important 
# Secondary Elaboration: when the dreamer changes the dream to make sense of it 
# Psychoanalysis: Freud's therapy that helps release unconscious thoughts
# Dream analysis: analyzing dreams and uncovering symbols 
# Slip of the tongue: when someone uses the wrong word for something 
# Free association: patient expresses a free flow of consciousness 
== Key Terminology - Activation Synthesis ==
See activation-synthesis for more details. This now also appears in activation-synthesis. 
# Neuron: a cell in the body that sends electrical and chemical messages 
# Axon: cell body of a neuron 
# Impulse: electrical signal 
# Neurotransmitter: chemical released by impulse 
# Synaptic gap: gap between the dendrites of one neuron and the next 
# Synaptic transmission: when a neurotransmitter crosses the synaptic gap 
# Activation synthesis model: model of dreaming that believes it is biological, dreams are random 
# Random activation: during REM sleep neurons are randomly activated 
# Sensory blockade: during REM sleep no information enters through the senses 
# Movement inhibition: during REM sleep the body is paralyzed 
== Key Terminology - Methodology ==
This now appears under Methodology. See Methodology for more. 
# Qualitative data: open-ended questions, interviews, long answers, detailed data 
# Quantitative data: numerical data, yes/no questions, one answer questions/answers
# Reliability: refers to whether the findings from a study could be found again if repeated 
# Privacy: ethical guideline, names must not be recorded and they must not be identifiable 
# Confidentiality: ethical guideline, information gained must not be shared with others without permission