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Calvin
S. Hall, Jr
Calvin
S. Hall, Jr. (1909-1985) focuses his study of dreams on the content, aptly
referred to as content
analysis. Because dreams are in essence thoughts, it is a cognitive
process. Dreams provide a map or route to the inaccessible regions in your
mind, otherwise known as the unconscious. Hall believes dreams are the best way to discovering personal thoughts and
to explain your behavior.
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Dreams reveal things about
yourself, not hide them.
Hall categorizes dreams into one of five principle
areas of life.
1.
Concepts of Self refer to the types or number of roles you play in
your dreams.
2.
Concepts of other people are the roles other people play in your
dreams. Consider your feelings toward them and how you interact with them.
3.
Concepts of the world represent the dream surrounding and
landscape. The adjectives you use to describe your dreamscape is how you
view the world.
4.
Concepts of impulses, prohibitions and penalties indicate your
behavior and how it is ruled by impulses and punishment.
5.
Concepts of problems and conflicts symbolize your struggles, issues
and problems you are facing in your waking life. These dream try to offer insight and resolution to your conflicts.
By
utilizing these five concepts, Hall believes that you will be able to
analyze the dream content and trace your way toward the inner workings of
your unconscious.
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