The explanation of dreaming that places the LEAST importance on the underlying meaning of dreams is the ____________ approach
A) problem-solving
B) psychoanalytic
C) Freudian
D) activation-synthesis
Answer: D
Rationale: The activation-synthesis hypothesis predicts that dreams arise from brain activity originating from bursts of excitatory messages arising from the brainstem. The activation synthesis hypothesis views dream content as random side effects of brain activity with little or no meaning.
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