Why do we dream? (watching Ted-Ed)

Multiple Choice

Humans have discovered the definitive reason that we have dreams.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

Known as The Father of Psychoanalysis, this doctor's theory of dreaming holds that the images in our dreams have symbolic meanings which relate to our subconscious wishes.

• Carl Jung

• Alfred Adler

• Sigmund Freud

• Wilhelm Reich

Multiple Choice

The "Continuation Activation Theory" of dreams holds that you dream in order to:

• Keep your brain active when sensory input is low

• Figure out difficult problems from the day before

• All of the above

• Remember important things in the morning

• None of the above

Multiple Choice

Keeping your fight or flight instincts sharp is one of the reasons we dream, according to which theory?

• Continual Activation Theory

• Primitive Instinct Rehearsal Theory

• Reverse Learning Theory

• None of the above

• The Committee of Sleep Theory

Multiple Choice

According to the results of one research study, a person will be able to get through a 3D virtual maze the fastest on their second attempt at it if they:

• Take a nap but don't dream anything between their first and second attempts at getting through the 3D maze

• Think very hard about the 3D maze between their first and second attempts at getting through it

• Think of something entirely different between their first and secodn attempts at getting through the 3D maze

• Take a nap and dream about the 3D maze between the first and second attempt at getting through it

• Try harder the second time around