Reorganisational Theory

Who created Reorganisational Theory?

• Crick & Mitchison

• Crick & Mathieson

• Oswald

• Shapiro

What year was Reorganisational Theory introduced?

• 1952

• 1982

• 1983

• 1991

Which quote most commonly refers to Reorganisational Theory?

• REM restores the brain

• Sleep is wish fulfilment

• REM is dream sleep

• We dream to forget

The theory stated that the main function of dream was to...

• reorganise to facilitate dream state

• reorganise, in order to improve memory storage.

• reorganise to improve coordination

• reorganise to replenish energy

Adaptive memories are...

• Things that will be useful to retain.

• Memories that change.

• Memories that or old.

• Memories that are about things that move.

Parasitic memories are...

• Memories that are trying to be remembered.

• Memories that are old.

• Useless or harmful memories that waste resources.

• Memories that are new.

Research evidence to support the theory is that the echidna and certain species of dolphin (they have larger brains) do not have REM sleep, suggesting that the pruning of (a)   during REM allows us to have smaller brains.

True or False? The computer analogy suggests we have external inputs from the world and our brains create outputs. We sleep in order to reboot and delete file for efficiency.

• True

• False