How would Psychodynamic theory explain a nightmare that a beginning college student experiences?

It explains a nightmare as that unconsciously expressed feeling of either thoughts, motivations, or unconscious desires that appear in the students’ mind when asleep. They appear to the students when motionless, but they get away to reoccur in their lives (Western, 1998). They are an expression of fears of the student. They may be fears of what might have transpired during the day or wishes. They appear to them when they are not aware. The studying of dreams by the students defines them as a better way of understanding the unrealistic fears or appearances (Besiroglu, 2005).

What is “Locked-in Syndrome” and what parts of the brain would be involved in this condition? 

“Locked-in syndrome” is a condition in which a sick person is not in a position to either communicate or make a movement but are in a place to understand what is going on around them (Smith, 2005). It is caused by a full relaxation and paralysis of the deliberate body parts involved in talking and movements EXCEPT for the movement of the eyes. The components of the brain involved in this are malfunctioning pons, which is a section of the brain hosting the nerve fibers. The nerve fibers are used in the transfer of messages to the various body parts (Smith, 2005).

What is the dominant sense in humans?  Explain your answer and support it with examples.

There are five senses in all humans, which are smell, touch, sight, hearing, and taste. The most dominant sense in the human body is the sight (FA. Gildard, 2007). This is because people understand 80% and above of all the things done by first seeing them. If one has no sense of smell or taste, it is the eyes that act for the protection of the people from any harm. For instance, when one is infected with colds, their sense of smell goes, and they cannot differentiate smells. Again, the sense of taste or smell is used to differentiate either sour, sweet, salty, and bitter while the sight is used in differentiating millions of colors and shapes (FA. Gildard, 2007).

References

Besiroglu, L. (2005). Nightmares and terminal insomnia in depressed patients with or without melancholic features.

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Smith, E. (2005). Locked-in syndrome.

Western. (1998). The scientific legacy of Sigmund Freud. Towards a psychodynamically informed psychological science.