John is sad that his dad is leaving for a buisiness trip and won't be there to come to his baseball game
Threat stimulation theory
John had a dream that night that his dad came to his baseball game he won the game! John was so happy!
Threat stimulation theory
The activation synthesis theory says that dreams come from hallucinations, delusions, high emotions, and bizarre thought patterns. It also says dreams distract us from the things we are sad about.
Threat stimulation theory
Caleb is going camping tomorrow for the first time!
That night Caleb dreamed about a bear coming up to him and trying to eat him while camping.
Caleb is now prepared to watch out for bears. Threat stimulation theory says how our dreams stimulate threatening situations so that our brains can practice how it perceives threats.