ANSWER SHEET ONE
Dream Functions
Dreaming is a common phenomenon. Practically all people dream,
although whether they can (1) ______ them is a different matter. (1) ______
An experiment eliciting people’s responses to the question ’What
did you dream about last night’ shows the (2) ______ of the activity. It is (2) ______
found that everyone in normal health spends part of their night
dreaming and there are many different (3) ______ of dream performing (3) ______
different functions.
The first function of dreams is that of the experience-(4) ______, i.e. (4) ______
the mind reviews past experience and learns the lesson of that
experience. Often the dream represents a more, or less, (5) ______ course (5) ______
of action or outcome than the real event.
The second function of dreams is the (6) ______ type. They help to (6) ______
solve problems by suggesting answers, or (7) ______ difficulties and (7) ______
indicating a way round them.
The third function is that of wish (8) ______. In our dreams we (8) ______
satisfy desires whose gratification is denied to us.
Dreams also function to (9) ______ us to some external reality, (9) ______
usually by some sensory stimulus.
The final, and the most (10) ______ one, is the predictive function. (10) ______
Throughout the ages men have believed that future events will be
predicted in dreams.
We are not clear whether these are all the functions that dreams
may have.