All About Dreams WebQuest

Use the following website to find out the “basics” of dreaming: http://www2.ucsc.edu/dreams/FAQ/

1, What is a dream?

2. How often do we dream?

3. When does dreaming occur in the sleep cycle?

4. Why do we forget 95% or more of our dreams?

Now visit the site below to find out more answers to the basic questions about dreams. http://www.asdreams.org/subidxeduq_and_a.htm.

In the space below, list 5 facts you learn from this page.

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Now go to: https://sites.google.com/site/msharwoodsocialstudies/dreamtheories.

Read Dream Analysis Part I: Dreams as Wish Fulfillment (Sigmund Freud) and then answer the following questions:

  1. Sigmund Freud is one of the world’s most well-known psychologists. What was his most famous publication?
  2. According to Freud, why are dreams valuable to our mental health?

  1. According to Freud, our mind has 3 “parts”. Explain them in the space below:

Id:

Ego:

Superego:

  1. What is the difference between the manifest content and latent content of a dream?

Read Dream Analysis Part II: Activation-Synthesis and then answer the following questions.

  1. Who pioneered this theory?

  1. According to this theory, why do we dream?

Read Dream Analysis Part III: Information Processing and then answer the following questions.

  1. According to this theory, why do we dream?

  1. What does the content of the dream tell us about ourselves?

  1. If dreams are simply opportunities to rehearse experiences, why are they so strange?

Dream Interpretation

Watch the following video about dream interpretation and the meaning behind common dreams: http://www.today.com/id/17876281/ns/today-today_health/#.Vlsk6aAo5lA

1. What can we do to help remember dreams?

2. What does the “dream expert” say the following dreams mean:

a. Rushing/Deadlines:

b. Teeth Falling Out:

c. Being Chased:

d. Falling:

e. Animals:

Use the information on the website below to interpret the possible meaning of the following people’s dreams: https://sites.google.com/site/msharwoodsocialstudies/common-dream-meanings

1. Dream: Sam had a dream last night where he was in school and had to take a math test he forgot to study for. While he was taking the test, all he could think about was what was on the menu for lunch.

Meaning:

2. Dream: Tim had a dream last week where he was being chased by a giant spider. As he ran faster he began to fly, but had trouble keeping himself in the air.

Meaning:

3. Dream: Sarah had a dream last night where she was giving a speech, but while she was talking her teeth began to fall out of her mouth. She tried to call her mom for help, but couldn’t dial the number correctly.

Meaning: