40 college students rated themselves at intervals on scales measuring anxiety, alertness, relaxation, and sleepiness. Subjects imagined a fantasy animal and then rated the animal's mood and activity level. Subjects' activation level tended to influence fantasy in a congruent direction. However, the amount of influence on fantasy production was not very great. To a remarkable extent, fantasies seemed to have a life of their own.
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