The _____ theory of dreaming proposes that dreaming occurs when the cerebral cortex synthesizes neural signals generated from activity in the lower part of the brain.
A)activation-synthesis
B)cognitive
C)manifest content
D)latent reasoning

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The activation-synthesis theory proposes that dreaming occurs when the cerebral cortex (upper brain) synthesizes neural signals generated from activity in the lower part of the brain (lower brainstem). This theory suggests that dreams are not meaningful in themselves, but rather a byproduct of random neural firing during sleep.

The _____ Theory of Dreaming Proposes That Dreaming Occurs When