Psychology Lecture 13 Vocab

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Across
  1. 3. drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement.
  2. 5. opium and its derivatives; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.
  3. 7. (“mind-manifesting”) drugs distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
  4. 10. a disorder characterized by continued substance use despite life disruption.
  5. 11. the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug’s effect.
Down
  1. 1. an everyday term for compulsive substance abuse (and sometimes for dysfunctional behavior patterns, such as out-of-control gambling) that continue despite harmful consequences
  2. 2. the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior.
  3. 4. drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
  4. 6. a chemical substance that alters the brain, causing changes in perceptions and moods.
  5. 8. an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as cardiac arrest); often similar to drug induced hallucinations.
  6. 9. drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.