Psychoanalysis & Psychodynamic Psychology
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| 25 activity 2: develop a dream chart Students often want to spend a great deal of time on dreams and dream analysis. This activity satisfies their need to explore their dreams and make some interpretations. InStructIonS 1. Over the next 2 weeks at bedtime, you will “self-suggest” to yourself that you will remember your dreams during the night. Place some paper (or a little notepad) and a pen near the bedside. During the night if you wake up to turnover or use the restroom, briefly record anything at all that’s in your mind, particularly content and images that you believe were in a dream. Do this again the minute you wake up in the morning. Translate any illegible writing so you can read it later. Daily, copy what you’ve recorded onto your Dream Chart. At the end of 2 weeks, do you have any insight into what your dreams have been about Have you seen an increase in the number of dreams you remember (due to the self-suggestion)? Are there any patterns or consistencies? activity 2 continued on next page 26 5. What have you learned about your dreams from this activity? Name: Class activity 2 continued from previous page Week 1 Day/Date images/content/sensory Detail interpretation Week 2 Day/Date images/content/sensory Detail interpretation 27 activity 3: id, ego, superego identification activity InStructIonS Read the following situational descriptions and identify which of Freud’s personality components are at work here. situation 1 Mary has been studying for weeks for the final exam in calculus. The testis Monday. On Friday afternoon her boyfriend, Paul, tells her that he has tickets for the Saturday and Sunday performances of the annual Shakespeare Festival. Mary loves Shakespeare and would really like to spend time with Paul but feels guilty and anxious about it because she must continue to study for the exam. She eventually realizes that she can tell Paul that she must study on Saturday, but would love to go with him on Sunday. situation 2 Tom has just gotten his driver’s license. His parents allow him to drive to and from school, but nowhere else before or after. His friends want him to drive them to the video arcade on the way home, which is about 2 miles out of his way. Tom feels nervous at first, and then starts thinking how mean his friends suggestion is and that he should find new friends who won’t ask him to break rules. activity 3 continued on next page |