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From the Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology article
on daydreams:
Daydreams are a form of __________________. In daydreams, the person forms a mental image of a __________________________ or of a situation that he or she has never actually experienced. Some psychologists use the acronym TUIT (Task-Unrelated Images and Thoughts) to describe episodes of daydreaming. A daydream may be triggered by a _________________, a memory, or a __________
_______________________________________________________… When the daydreamer begins to confuse the mental images with reality, the daydream is called a ____________________________. Daydreaming is generally not harmful, unless ___________________________________________
________________________________. When the daydreamer’s daily routine is disrupted—a driver misses an exit on the freeway continuously, or a student does not hear the teacher assigning homework—he or she may want to consider whether the daydreams are a symptom of _____________
_____________________________…Similar to dreams experienced during sleep, daydreams occur in cycles set by biological cycles of _________________________ and hormone levels (psychologists estimate that the average person daydreams about every _______ minutes), and peak around _______________________________. Daydreaming first occurs for most people during childhood, sometime before age _________, and these early daydreams set the pattern for adult daydreaming. Children who have positive, happy daydreams of success and achievement generally continue these types of mental images into adulthood; these daydreamers are most likely to benefit from the positive aspects of mental imagery. Daydreams become a way to increase ______________________________
_____________________________________________. On the other hand, children whose daydreams are negative, scary, or visualize disasters are likely to experience ____________________, and this pattern will carry over into adulthood as well. A child’s daydreams may take a visible or public form—the daydreamer talks about his mental images while he is experiencing them, and may even act out the scenario she or he is imagining. After age __________, however, the process of internalizing daydreaming begins.
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