There Is a Theory That States That Random Brain Activity

question 45

Multiple Choice

There is a theory that states that random brain activity occurs during REM sleep and this activity is interpreted and made sense of by the brain. This is the ______________ theory of dreaming.

• A)evolutionary
• B)Freudian psychoanalytic
• C)compensatory
• D)activation-synthesis

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Definitions:

Trichromatic Theory

A theory in vision science stating that the human eye perceives color through the relative rates of response by three types of cone cells, each sensitive to different wavelengths of light.

Feature Analysis

A process in cognitive psychology focusing on how the brain decomposes visual stimuli into individual features or components for recognition.

Bottom-Up

An approach to process information by starting with the specifics and then building up to a complete understanding.

Top-Down

An approach or process that is initiated from the higher levels of a hierarchy and carried through to the lower levels, often in decision-making or processing information.