How does the activation-synthesis hypothesis explain dreaming?

a. the surfacing of repressed sexual urges
b. biological attempts to make recent memories more permanent
c. the cortex making sense of signals from the brain stem
d. the use of elaborate symbolism to disguise "unthinkable" topics
e. the surfacing of repressed aggressive urges


c. the cortex making sense of signals from the brain stem

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kinds of students, so he watches them extra closely. He does, in fact, catch more minority students cheating on his tests than other kinds of students. However,in reality, his other students are cheating more, but getting caughtless. Dr. Weimer's belief about minority students is based on a. an illusory correlation. b. the illusion of out-group homogeneity. c. attributional bias. d. a self-fulfilling prophecy. e. the fundamental attribution error.

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