Definition of Quantitative coding system

Quantitative Coding System
A system of dream interpretation developed by psychologists Calvin S. Hall and Robert Van De Castle in the 1940's which sees a dream report as a story or play and divides it into 12 different categories containing many more sub-categories. They are:

1 - A cast of characters (animals, men and women, friends, strangers, etc.)

2 - A series of social interactions (Aggression, Friendliness, Sexuality)

3 - Activities (thinking, talking, running, etc.)

4 - Successes and Failures

5 - Misfortunes and good fortunes

6 - Emotions (happy, sad, embarrassed, etc.)

7 - One or more settings (indoors vs. outdoors, familiar vs. unfamiliar, etc.)

8 - Objects (chairs, cars, streets, body parts, etc.)

9 - Descriptive modifiers (tall, fast, crooked, etc.)

10 - Temporal References

11 - Elements from the Past

12 - Food and Eating References