Question

The best adjectives associated with the activation-synthesis hypothesis are __________.

a. Meaningless and random
b. unconscious, symbolic, and meaningful
c. meaningful, problem oriented, and historical
d. free and neurotic

Answer 1

If I can recall, it would be A. The activation-synthesis hypothesis predicts that dreams arise from brain activity originating from bursts of excitatory messages arising from the brainstem. Because this activity is random, dreams are bizarre and meaningless.