10.Read the passage and answer the questions: ADreams have fascinated philosophers for thousands of years, but only recently have dreams been subjected →empiricalresearchandscientific study. Chances are that you've often found yourself puzzling over the content of a dream, or perhaps you've wondered why you dream at all. First, let's start by answering a basic question: What is a dream? A dream can include any of the images, thoughts and emotions that are experienced during sleep. Dreams can be extraordinarily vivid or very vague; filled with joyful emotions or frightening images, focused and understandable or unclear and confusing.While many theories have been proposed, no consensus has emerged. Considering the time, we spend ∈adreaming state, the fact that researchers do not yet understand the purpose of dreams may seem baffling. However, it is important →considerthatscienceisstillunravellingtheexactpurposeandfunctionofsleep itself. Some researchers suggest that dreams serve no real purpose, while others believe that dreaming is essential → mental, emotional and physical well-being.Next, let's learn more about some of the most prominent dream theories. Consistent with the psychoanalytic perspective, Sigmund Freud's theory of dreams suggests that dreams are a representation of unconscious desires, thoughts and motivations. According → Freud, people are driven by aggressive and sexual instincts that are repressed from conscious awareness. While these thoughts are not consciously expressed, they find their way into our awareness via dreams. ∈hisfamousbookTheInterpretationof Dreams, Freud wrote that dreams are "….disguisedfulfillmentsofrepressed wishes."Freud's theory contributed →thepopularityofdream interpretation. Following his paths many theorists came up with their own ideas about dreams. The following are just a few of them:Some researchers suggest that dreams are a subjective interpretation of signals generated by the brain during sleep. Dreams are not meaningless. Instead, during dreams the cognitive elements ∈ourbrainproducenew ideas.One theory suggests that dreams are the result of our brains trying →interpretexternalstimuliduring sleep. For example, the sound of the radio may be incorporated into the content of a dream.Another theory uses a computer metaphor →accountfor dreams. According →this theory, dreams serve → 'clean up′clutterfromthe mind, much like clean-up operations ∈a computer, refreshing the mind →prepareforthenext day.Yet another model proposes that dreams function as a form of psychotherapy. ∈this theory, the Dreamer is able →makeconnectionsbetweendifferentthoughtsandemotions∈asafe environment.Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.Q. What is the closest meaning of 'baffling′?
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