Psychology: Sleep Experiment Data & What Are Dreams? : Unit V

Psychology: Sleep Experiment Data & What are Dreams? : Unit V

Grade Level: / 11/12 / Subject: / Psychology / Prepared By: / L. Korpics 2013-14
Overview- Data from the sleep experiment will be discussed by individual, by class, and by entire course. Discussions about possible correlations, (ie: time of day, weather, noise, etc.), and/or causes of certain variations. Dreams / Performance Standards Addressed. APA: American Psychological Association for High School Social Studies. AP Psychology: College Board.
To understand, identify, describe and explain the multiple theories of dreams, & compare theorists.
Do Now: / Teacher Objectives / Student Guide
Do Now: What was your most memorable dream?
-Tally up hours of sleep per night for sleep journals. / SWBAT: Understand The theory of why we dream is a Construct…creating something in mind: such as a theory as a .result of systematic thought Define: intangible, Describe how we dream most often during REM sleep. Describe Lucid Dreanig, Night Terrors, Freud’s Manifest/Latent Content of Dreams.Describe the Activation Synthesis Theory. Discuss how origins of dreams are either psychological or physiological depending on what theory you follow / Dreams- during REM Sleep – most dreams occur during this phase
Dreams remembered from other stages are less emotional and sensible
Lucid Dreaming: training to be aware of and direct one’s dreams to help cure people of nightmares.
Incubus: Night Terrors – wake during REM – happens to young children often after disruption of sleep cycle, (holidays, guests, vacations, etc.)Freud: “Royal road to the unconscious”
“Manifest Content” – remembered parts
“Latent Content” - underlying meaning
McCarley and Hobson: Activation Synthesis Theory: during dreams the pons generates bursts of action potentials to the brain You try to create a story line out of it (synthesize)
Most of your dreams happen between 4 and 7 am. / Materials Needed
· Pen
· Notebook
· Text: “Psychology & You
They Do: Compare average amount of hours per night with their neighbor. / I do: Notes on Objectives, Inquiry
We do: Discussion , -Correlations & Causes of Sleep Data? / Analysis: Sleep cycles: individual, class, course.
Closure:
(check for student understanding)
“What Did We Learn?” / TEST: Sleep & Consciousness Exam / Other Resources
Smart Board/Computer/Photos
SLEEP & CONSCIOUSNESS TEST: Monday Dec. 5th