PSYC 1001 1st Edition Lecture 34 Outline of Last Lecture I. Theories of Sleep (Con’t)a. Aids Memoryb. GrowthII. DreamsIII. Content Analysis of DreamsIV. REM Sleep and Dreamsa. First Night Effectsb. Lucid DreamingV. Nightmares Outline of Current Lecture I. Nightmares (Con’t)II. Theories of DreamingIII. Chapter 7: Learninga. Learningb. Classical Conditioning Current LectureI. Nightmares (Con’t)a. False Awakening: Dream wake up, dream do something, dream go back to sleep. i. But asleep the entire time.II. Theories of Dreaminga. Dreams have meaning.b. Freud:i. Dreams have meaning that can be interpreted.c. Dreams are ways to solve problems.i. Ex.: O T T F F S S E ? N n w h o I I e I i e o r u v x v g n e r e e h e e n t1. People would try to solve this while dreaming.d. Biological Theories:i. Dream as byproduct of neurological activity.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.ii. Activation-Synthesis Theory: Dreams result from an electrical storm fromsubcortical area (activation); cortex tries to make sense of these random signals (synthesis) in the world.III. Chapter 7: Learning:a. This is the most studied thing in psychology.b. Learning: A relatively permanent change in an organism’s behavior due to experience and practice.i. You can change their behavior just through experience as well.ii. Associative Learning: Learning two events go together.1. Classical conditioning: Association of two stimuli.2. Operant Conditioning: Association as a response and its consequences.iii. Classical Conditioning (Pavlovian): A type of learning in which an organism comes to associate stimuli. A natural stimulus that signals an unconditioned stimulus begins to produce a response that anticipates and prepares for the unconditioned stimulus. 1. Ivan Pavlov
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