Section: AP Psychology

23) Which theory of dreams is best supported by evidence that dreams, “may help sort the day’s experiences in our memory?”

1. activation-synthesis
2. information-processing
3. Freud’s wish-fulfillment
4. all of the above are supported by this evidence

The information processing theory is a cognitive approach to understanding how the human mind ‍‍transforms‍‍ sensory information. ‍‍The model assumes‍‍ that information that comes from the environment is subject to mental processes beyond a simple stimulus-response pattern.