There is a great deal of anecdotal evidence to support Freud's and Jung's ideas about dreams, but their theories cannot be experimentally supported or rejected because of problems in doing the necessary research. Research on dreaming was stimulated in the early 1950s when two investigators (Aserinsky and Kleitman) at the University of Chicago established the relationship between REM sleep and dreaming, but their research does not answer the questions posed by the theories of Freud and Jung.
Conduct your own research and answer the following questions. Remember to include your cited sources.
Does everyone dream?
How could you prove to a person that he or she dreams?
How long do dreams last?
Are we more likely to have good dreams or bad dreams?
What do people dream about?
Can people control the contents of their dreams?
Does problem solving occur during dreams?
Why do people dream?
Do people need to dream?