Nature of Dreaming

Freud's Psychoanalytical Theory

• Manifest Content- Actual content of dreams
• Latent Content- Hidden meaning behind dreams
• Dream work- Protects sleeps
• Purpose of dreaming is wishfulfiment
• Id is less active when asleep so desires which are unable to be fulfilled in the conscious can be fulfilled through dreams, but indirectly.

Supporting Evidence

• Solms 2000- Those who suffer brain damage are unable to dream, linking the role of the id and the brain.

Contradiciting Evidence

• van Castle- 800/1000 dreams are involved with negative emotions
• Zadra- 85% dreams are linked with negative feelings
• Dreams shoudn't involve this if they are wish fulfilment
• Nightmares- Dreamwork failing to protect the sleep contradicting Freud's theory, 50% of adults experience nightmares.

Freud didn't address that only 5% of…