methodological issues

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is this a strength or weakness?
weakness
what do the methodological issues demonstrate?
dream analysis validity & effectiveness
where is most research conducted?
in laboratories (such as Solms (2000) research about relationship between REM sleep & dreams using PET scans)
what can be questioned due to the location of research?
whether sleep/dream state is authentic as when under normal conditions, as patient is wired up with various electrodes
what does the set up of research make impossible?
to conclude that dreaming is the same as in everyday life
therefore this is a weakness because...
it raises questions to the ecological validity of the supporting evidence