Dream Survey for Psychology Class

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Hey everyone! I am required to write a paper on dreams for my general pychology class and survey 10 fine pillars of the community. Please choose and answer appropriately. List your age, gender, and ethnicity. If all y'all look alike, some of you may end up being 20 year old females. If you don't feel comfortable publicly posting, then please PM me. Thanks in advance and feel free to share your weird dreams!




Dream Survey


Using the following list of common dream themes, please place a check mark next to each one you have ever dreamed about.


____1. Falling

____2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

____5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

____9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?

2) the least common?

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.


Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?

· The psychoanalytic view (the wish-fulfillment theory) says that dreams are disguised symbols of repressed desires. It has received little scientific support.


· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.


· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us

sort through everyday experiences, solve problems and think creatively.
 
__x_1. Falling

__x_2. Being attacked or pursued

__x_3. Trying repeatedly to do something

__x_4. School, teachers, studying

__x_5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

__x_8. Being frozen with fright

__x_9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

_x_14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

_x_16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

_x_18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?

Stupid school/work stuff mostly.

2) the least common?

Death of a loved one in a dram happened just once that I can recall.

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.

Skydivers are probably more likely to dream of falling.


· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing;

That one.
 
Age: 18

Sex: Male

Ethnicity: Mixed, mostly white with some black and Latino

_x__1. Falling

__x_2. Being attacked or pursued

__x_3. Trying repeatedly to do something

__x_4. School, teachers, studying

_x__5. Sexual experiences

__x_6. Arriving too late

_x__7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x_9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

_x_11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

_x_14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

_x_16. Being nude in public

_x_17. Fire

_x_18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead

1) Falling dreams are most common to me, I have them every other night or so.

2) Sexual experiences are the rarest, I've had one that I can I remember.

3) People are more likely to have dreams based on their experiences or wants.

The biological perspective seems most suiting to my beliefs. Despite that, I do believe that dreams can be highly symbolic, but the symbols only have meaning to the person dreaming and do not necessarily have a universal meaning. I also believe they can be helpful.
 
Age-18

male

Puerto rican/white

___x_1. Falling

___x_2. Being attacked or pursued

___x_3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

___x_5. Sexual experiences

___x_6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

____9. Death of a loved person

___x10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

__x_17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

__x_19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Being attacked/pursued

2) Sexual experiences

3) I think dream really just reflect on how you live life and what you might think you want/need.

Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?


· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us
 
__x_1. Falling

_x__2. Being attacked or pursued

_x__3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

____5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

_x__9. Death of a loved person

_x_10. Being locked up

__x_11. Finding money

_ x_12. Swimming

_x_13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

_x_17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

_x_19. Flying

_x_20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
Flying would be my most common.

2) the least common?
Snakes.

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
I feel younger people might tend to have more stressful dreams due to the amass of life choices that awaits them.

Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?
The psychoanalytic view
 
Age: 31 years, 351 days.
Gender: ALL MAN
Ethnicity: robot

__x__1. Falling

__x__2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

__x__5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x__9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

__x_17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

__x_19. Flying

__x_20. Seeing yourself as dead

1. Most commonly dream about being tortured/killed or family members dying.

2. Dream least of flying.

3. Age, gender, and culture contribute to how we dream inasmuch as they provide the filters we use to render our brains' dream activity (semi-)intelligible. Without the context of experiences, worries, and the cultural scaffolding on which they hang, many of the above categories of dream aren't even possible. For instance, there's not some universal notion of appropriate dress, and thus dreams of being dressed inappropriately are entirely culturally contingent.

I tend to fall somewhere between the biological and cognitive perspectives, though I suppose the biological one would be primary. Our brains do odd things while we sleep, and some of those odd things involve various brain-bits activating in such a way that invites us to impose order on it. In other words, the cognitive perspective may be true enough, but it's likely a byproduct of the biological.
 
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Race: Black/Panamanian/Portuguese

__x__1. Falling

__x__2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

____5. Sexual experiences

__x__6. Arriving too late

__x__7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x__9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

__x_12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

_x__15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

_x__19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?

Swimming

2) the least common?

Eating

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.

I imagine white folk dream about making mad money and ruling the world. Old people probably dream about the good ol' days. I think females probably dream about tampon commercials. ------ More appropriate answer - I imagine that people of a more privelaged upbringing would be more likely to respond with dreaming of money. People who have lived for longer than 40 years probably would dream mostly of times passed. A female probably dreams about certain things that should not be on tv and are offensive to the opposite sex.


Which dream perspective do you mostly agree on?

· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us

sort through everyday experiences, solve problems and think creatively.--- this one, kind of
 
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Dream Survey


Using the following list of common dream themes, please place a check mark next to each one you have ever dreamed about.


__x__1. Falling

____2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

__x__5. Sexual experiences

__x__6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x__9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)? Arriving late since I often take a nap before work and dream that I'm late as fuck.

2) the least common? Death of a loved one.

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on. Dreams are extensions of your personal experiences so they're going to wildly fluctuate depending on several variables including the ones aforementioned.


Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?
I agree with Biological Perspective the most.
 
Age: 33
Gender: Godly
Ethnicity: White/Hispanic/other shit

__x__1. Falling

__x_2. Being attacked or pursued

__x_3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

__x_5. Sexual experiences

__x_6. Arriving too late

__x__7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x_9. Death of a loved person

_x__10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

_x__17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
I'll have to be honest. after years of RARELY ever having any sexually themed dreams, I'd have to say that it is now at this point overtaken my next most common theme which was me fighting something or being attacked and death of a loved one.

2) the least common?
From the rest of the list that I can remember having, I'd say fire.

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
Different experiences cause different stimuli to be reacted to.

Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?

· The psychoanalytic view (the wish-fulfillment theory) says that dreams are disguised symbols of repressed desires. It has received little scientific support.

· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.

· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us

sort through everyday experiences, solve problems and think creatively.

Mostly the "biological perspective".

P.S.

I was gonna say almost exactly what Hates said about the last question (not all as flowery though)but who wants to follow what that fag says. So you get my "mostly" answer.
 
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Age: 15
Gender: Male
Race: Hispanic
____1. Falling

_x__2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

_x__4. School, teachers, studying

_x__5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

_x__8. Being frozen with fright

_x__9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

_x_15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead

1) Recently, I've stabbed a guy in the neck with a key and fought off an insane woman trying to kill me. I'll go with being attacked/fighting. I lost the latter fight though.

2) The least is sexual experiences.

3) Well, dreams are going to vary for all of those categories of people due to different wants, experiences, thoughts, etc.

Mostly just the psychoanalytic view.... but I don't think dreams are these all-time symbols that show us the way of life. Just little things, like they could be symbolic towards what's going on in your life, or something you've been thinking a lot about recently.
 
21
Male
White - English

_x_1. Falling

_x_2. Being attacked or pursued

__3. Trying repeatedly to do something

_x_4. School, teachers, studying

_x_5. Sexual experiences

____6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

_x_9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

___12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

_x_19. Flying

___20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
Sexual experiences
2) the least common?
Death of a loved person

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.

Different experiences leads to different themes of dreams.


Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?
(although I still disagree with it.)
· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.




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Also, I don't think it is a good idea to say "It has received little scientific support. ". biased statement impacts results.


Oh unrelated but most of my dreams are in 3rd person so...
 
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Oh, I like stuff about dreams.

21
Male
Umm, I never really know what I qualify as. British?


Using the following list of common dream themes, please place a check mark next to each one you have ever dreamed about.


_x_1. Falling

_x_2. Being attacked or pursued

___3. Trying repeatedly to do something

_x_4. School, teachers, studying

_x_5. Sexual experiences

_x_6. Arriving too late

___7. Eating

_x_8. Being frozen with fright

_x_9. Death of a loved person

___10. Being locked up

___11. Finding money

_x_12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

_x_14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

_x_16. Being nude in public

___17. Fire

_x_18. Failing an examination

___19. Flying

_x_20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
Sexual experiences and studying.

2) the least common?
Swimming and being dressed inappropriately.

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
Well the actual images and motifs of dreams tend to be echoes of past experiences so of course your culture will define the content of your dreams, but I'd imagine that the feelings associated with dreams are fairly universal. e.g. anxiety might manifest itself in a dream about failing an examination, but just because someone from another society doesn't have exams, it doesn't mean their anxiety can't manifest itself in a different kind of dream.

Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?

· The psychoanalytic view (the wish-fulfillment theory) says that dreams are disguised symbols of repressed desires. It has received little scientific support.

· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.

· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us

sort through everyday experiences, solve problems and think creatively.


Mostly the biological perspective, but I'd agree with the cognitive one to an extent too.

Though I'd avoid saying that psychoanalysis has little scientific support - might dissuade people from picking that option.

Edit: whoops, just noticed Sett said the same thing.
 
18, Male, white/hispanic

☑1. Falling

☑2. Being attacked or pursued

☑3. Trying repeatedly to do something

☑4. School, teachers, studying

☑☑☑☑☑☑5. Sexual experiences

✅6. Arriving too late

☑7. Eating

☑8. Being frozen with fright

✅9. Death of a loved person

☑10. Being locked up

✅11. Finding money

☑12. Swimming

✅13. Snakes

☑14. Being dressed inappropriately

☑15. Being smothered

☑16. Being nude in public

☑17. Fire

✅18. Failing an examination

☑19. Flying

✅20. Seeing yourself as dead

1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
  • Being unable to communicate. I often dream of being in a place where people speak a foreign language I'm unable to understand, and I usually have something very important to say but no one can understand me. Other times I just straight up can't talk. So I guess in a way you could say being smothered. (?) Or maybe frozen with fright. (?)
  • Flying and sex with my crushes are the other big ones.
2) the least common?
  • Swimming in an endless ocean while pursued by a red, Russian-speaking shark.
3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
  • I would imagine that people's personal experiences change the way they perceive what happens in their dreams, like Hates said.
  • Also, I think young people would dream a lot more about things like sex. I know I do Kappa
Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?
  • A combination of them, but mostly biological. Again, I think Hates said it best.
 
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Dream Survey


Using the following list of common dream themes, please place a check mark next to each one you have ever dreamed about.


____1. Falling

__x__2. Being attacked or pursued

____3. Trying repeatedly to do something

____4. School, teachers, studying

__x__5. Sexual experiences

__x__6. Arriving too late

____7. Eating

____8. Being frozen with fright

__x__9. Death of a loved person

_x__10. Being locked up

_x__11. Finding money

_x__12. Swimming

___13. Snakes

___14. Being dressed inappropriately

___15. Being smothered

___16. Being nude in public

_x__17. Fire

___18. Failing an examination

_x__19. Flying

_x__20. Seeing yourself as dead



1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
A common theme I've had is being chased by something evil.

2) the least common?
The least common would have to be romantic themes

3) What are your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
I think it depends on your life experiences and what's going on in your life.

Which dream perspective to you mostly agree on?


· The psychoanalytic view (the wish-fulfillment theory) says that dreams are disguised symbols of repressed desires. It has received little scientific support.


· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.


· The cognitive view sees dreams as information processing; they help us

sort through everyday experiences, solve problems and think creatively.
 
____1. Falling
_x___2. Being attacked or pursued
____3. Trying repeatedly to do something
____4. School, teachers, studying
_x___5. Sexual experiences
____6. Arriving too late
____7. Eating
_x___8. Being frozen with fright
_x___9. Death of a loved person
___10. Being locked up
___11. Finding money
_x__12. Swimming
___13. Snakes
___14. Being dressed inappropriately
___15. Being smothered
_x__16. Being nude in public
___17. Fire
___18. Failing an examination
_x__19. Flying
_x__20. Seeing yourself as dead

1) Which one dream theme was most common (most frequently occurring in your dreams)?
Other; a dream that is not listed. Which is walking in an endless grave yard. Nothing around but dead things every where. Dead city in ruin, black brackish waters, an abandoned ghost ship in ruin (looks like the titanic), & a giant moon. I keep having this dream, & I think I know why. I sometimes spawn up top a giant hill where you get a view to see it all. Sometimes in the ocean. & sometimes atop the ruined ship.

2) the least common?
Being frozen by fright. Probably because I'm always walking.

3) Your thoughts on how people might differ on their responses according to age, gender, culture and so on.
Too many mind.

Which dream perspective do you mostly agree on?
· The biological perspective (the activation-synthesis hypothesis) argues that dreams are simply unimportant by-products of random stimulation of brain cells.

This was the closest one I agree with. It's hard to 100% agree with all 3.
 
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