Dreams Significantly Impacted in Our Life

Week 2 Assignment- Dreams 

Your Assignment

Read the section titled "REM Sleep and Dreaming" on page 168 and "Dream Theories" on pages 169-170 in your textbook.  These sections discuss theories on dreams, the history of dream interpretation, the most common characteristics of dreams, and the meaning of dreams.

ALSO, check out these websites by clicking on the direct link:

Freud Museum: Dream Analysis-You may have to click on "Discover Psychoanalysis" then scroll down to "The Interpretation of Dreams" or you can past the following link into your web browser.   

(Direct Link: https://www.freud.org.uk/learn/discover-psychoanalysis/the-interpretation-of-dreams/)
  

Irish Association of Humanistic and Integrative Psychology: Becoming The Dream – A Gestalt Approach   

(Direct Link: https://iahip.org/page-1076535 )   

Freud's "Interpretation of Dreams"    

(Direct Link: https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/dreams.pdf )   

For this week’s Assignment, answer the following questions in APA Format and in a word document. Be sure to include factual, properly cited information in your Assignment.

Write about a dream that really made an impact on you.  It can be a recurring dream, a scary dream, a happy dream, or an especially vivid dream.  You will need to include cited source information to support and explain the type of dream that you share based on what you learned about dreams in your research. 

What do the above websites and/or your textbook say about the interpretation of your dream?  Be sure to include citations to support your answers. 

Do you feel these interpretations are accurate? Why or why not? Include citations to support why or why not.

What do you think is the meaning behind this dream? Include citations to support why you feel this is the meaning of your dream.

Directions:

Write at least 300 words in a word document about this topic and NO DIRECT QUOTES.  Post your word count in your assignment.

Make sure to cite sources in your assignment using APA format.  The source for question 2 must be the websites listed, for question 1 and 3, it may  be your textbook or any other source you research. The entire assignment, from title page to reference page must be in APA 7th edition format.

Submit your assignment using the Week 2 Dream Assignment link above.

Use this APA assignment template to complete your assignment >>  Week 2 Dream Assignment Template.docx Week 2 Dream Assignment Template.docx - Alternative Formats 

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Tips for your Assignment:

Always use the 7th edition of  APA for your references and in-text citations (Wikipedia is not a reliable source and cannot be used in this class).

The assignment must be written in 7th edition APA format in a Microsoft Word document with header page numbers at top right side of each page, Title page, no more than 12 point font, double spaced and indented paragraphs, 7th edition APA citations in each paragraph to support what is shared throughout, and a complete 7th edition APA reference page, word count posted (there is an example below).

Please be sure to back up your answers with facts from the source, and put together complete and well thought out responses.

Also make sure that you support and reinforce your answers and replies with factual information from the source. 

Make sure to do a spelling and grammar check before submitting. 

Double check that you meet the word requirement (title page information, section headings, and references do not get included in a word count).

Grading Criteria (Assignment):

**Please note: Once an assignment is submitted, this indicates to me that it is your final draft and it is ready for me to grade it. You CANNOT submit an assignment more than 1 time, so make sure to double check your work before submitting to ensure that it is the correct and final version of your work.

Please be sure to review the Grading Policy, Late Work Policy, and Plagiarism Policy in the Getting Started Section of Class