According to Hobson and McCarley, dreams are more primitive and more bizarre than daytime thoughts because
A)dreaming provides an outlet for repressed thoughts and unfulfilled wishes.
B)the frontal areas of the cortex, which control higher mental abilities, are mostly shut down during REM sleep.
C)the id part of the personality is expressed more strongly during sleep.
D)of lucid dreaming.

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Hobson and McCarley's activation-synthesis hypothesis suggests that dreams result from the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity during REM sleep. The frontal areas of the cortex, responsible for logic and planning, are less active during this phase, leading to the more primitive and bizarre nature of dreams compared to waking thoughts.

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