Revonsuo Proposed That Dreaming Functions to Simulate Threatening Events and to Allow

question 6

Multiple Choice

Revonsuo proposed that dreaming functions to simulate threatening events and to allow us to rehearse behaviors associated with perceiving threats and avoiding them. This is called the:

• A) conscious threats and avoidance theory
• B) threat simulation theory
• C) simulation of fear approach
• D) simulated fear law

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Definitions:

Decreases

A reduction in size, quantity, or degree of something.

Neuroticism

A personality trait characterized by anxiety, moodiness, worry, envy, and jealousy.

Rational Unconscious

A concept that suggests that the unconscious mind is capable of logical thought and can affect conscious decision making.

Preconscious

Part of Freud's theory of the mind, referring to the thoughts and feelings not presently in conscious awareness but that can be accessed easily.