THE FOUR PRIMARY MODERN DREAM THEORIES

Freud, Sigmund: DREAMS AS WISH FULFILLMENT. The most famous dream theory in psychology is that proposed by Freud in 1900. According to Freud, dreams are disguised wishes originating in the unconscious mind and reflecting id drives, usually sexual, that the superego censors. Hence, the ego, in order to satisfy the needs of the id, presents an image (manifest content) that appears to be innocent but actually symbolizes the repressed desire. Example, recurring dreams of high towers may represent the male penis which is forbidden to "good girls."

Cartwright, Rosalind: DREAMS AS PROBLEM SOLVING VEHICLES. Circa 1977, Cartwight proposed that dreams provide people with the opportunity to creatively solve problems because what we think about in dreams is not hindered by logic, realism or anxiety. To support her theory she found that people going through divorce have more lucid dreams which occur sooner in the sleep cycle, last longer and are......

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