Summary Writing 2009

Summary Writing 2009

Passage
1. Brain produces random images during sleep
2. And tricks sleepers into believing they are having real experiences
3. Dreams are seen as a way of allowing the brain to maintain
4. and reinforce experiences of the day
5. Dreaming allows us to rid the brain of unnecessary information
6 In ancient Egypt, a whole dream could be considered in terms of opposites
7 Individual images could be interpreted through associations
8. Ancient Greeks suggested that there might be a connection between dreams and physical well-being.
9 Where dreams are scrutinized by a priest as a guide to diagnosis and healing.
10 Senoi People of Malaysia believed that they could use their dreams to promote emotional health
11 By adopting a pro-active response to dreaming
12 By confronting your dreams
Sigmund Freud used an analysis of patient’s dream
13 in an attempt to cure them of their mental illness.
14 People have dreams which recur night after night
15 Often as the result of particular striking events in their lives.
16 Occasionally, valuable discoveries have resulted from vivdly recollected from a dream.