Dream Interpretation

n Content

n Current concern

n Men dream of men

n Recurrent dreams – anxiety

n Sexual symbols – anxiety

n Function

n No REM sleep – more anxiety

n Dreaming about problem – less anxiety

n But, infants experience up to 8 hours REM sleep

Defense Mechanisms

n Measurement challenges

n Projective tests (TAT)

n Threats to masculinity increased identification in young men

n Developmental progression:

n denial -> projection->identification

n Individual differences

Research on Humor

n Sex and aggression are funny

n When is hostile humor funniest?

n Does hostile humor defuse aggression?

n Other interpretations of findings?

Research on Hypnosis

n Psychoanalytic theory

n neodissociation theory

n socio-cognitive theories

n Is amnestic information repressed?

n Who is susceptible to hypnosis?

Modern Research on the Unconscious

n subliminal perception

n bias toward threat

n unconscious emotions

n amygdala

n pin prick patient

n implicit (procedural) memory

n amnesia patients

n infantile amnesia

n hippocampus