Formal Blog 4

I read the article What? Me biased?. In my opinion, the article is very true because, as Americans we do have an image of the average American in our heads. Usually it is a white person, not an Asian , Hispanic, or African American person. I think we feel this way because most people in America are white and that is what we are used to seeing everyday. It's true that people feel that racial differences make a person less American, just because they weren't the first to come to America and establish cities and because there are more whites than there are other races. Different races are out numbered so they appear as if they are foreign or less American. It's not always true, but that's just the way that some Americans see things. This affects me because if I put myself into their shoes, I would feel uncomfortable.

After reading this chapter I was surprised to find out how many different theories there were to dreaming. I always have wondered why I dream, but I never realized that there were so many possibilities of why I was dreaming. There is Freud's wish-fulfillment, Information-processing, Physiological function, activation-synthesis, and cognitive development. I guess that I assumed I dreamed because of the kind of day I had, but I didn't know that dreams may actually be making me smarted. I thought the dream section of chapter 3 was very interesting.

I agree with the Information-processing theory of dreaming because, I find it true for myself. I may being having a stressful week or day, and dream that I am trying to run from something. May dream may explain that I am stressed or worried about something and that I am trying to get away from that. Dreams are an interpretation or what is going on around us. Also dreams may fall under Freud's wish-fulfillment theory. I may desire something for a long time, and eventually dream about getting that or something similar to it. It is amazing how our minds and dreams work.