Across
- 4. a form of remembering characterized by a feeling of familiarity when something previously experienced is again encountered (re-again and cogn-to know)
- 6. mental illness,excessive concentration on a single object (mono-one)
- 9. A group of severe disorders characterized by disorganized and delusional thinking, disturbed perceptions, and inappropriate emotions and actions. ( phren- mind)
- 10. one of the many thin parts that control movement and feeling by carrying messages between the brain and other parts of the body (neur- nerve)
- 12. an anxiety disorder marked by a persistent, irrational fear and avoidance of a specific object or situation (phobos- fear)
- 14. thinking only of oneself, without regard for the feelings or desires of others; self-centered. (centri- center)
- 15. impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca's area or to Wernicke's area (a- without, phasi-speech,ia-condition of)
- 17. to the emotion-controlling centers of the inner brain (tom- cut)
- 18. any of a group of hormones secreted within the brain and nervous system and having a number of physiological functions (endo-within)
- 20. the practice of diagnosing mental disorders (psych-mind or soul)
- 22. an obsessive desire to set fire to things (pyro- fire)
- 23. to induce a calm, focused state in one's self or in another person (hypn-sleep)
- 24. a serious disturbance in mental abilities that results in confused thinking and reduced awareness of the environment. (delirium -"madness")
- 25. a condition that affects the way your brain processes information. It causes you to lose touch with reality. You might see, hear, or believe things that aren't real. (psyche-mind osis- condition of)
Down
- 1. the process that gives a purpose or direction to behave or act in a certain way (mot- move)
- 2. study of the mind and behavior (psyche- mind)
- 3. a common sleeping disorder (somnus-sleep)
- 5. someone who lacks empathy (path-feeling)
- 7. physical or verbal behavior intended to hurt someone (re- back gress- step)
- 8. a person or their behavior as pathological when they behave in an extreme and unacceptable way, and have very powerful feelings that they cannot control (path - feeling)
- 11. a defense mechanism where a person deals with stress by returning to early stage of development (re- back gress - step )
- 13. an action that is performed as a response to a stimulus and without conscious thought(reflectere-bendback)
- 16. loss of memory (a-not mnem-mind)
- 17. a now-rare psychosurgical procedure once used to calm uncontrollably emotional or violent patients. The procedure cut the nerves connecting the frontal
- 19. an unreasonable feeling that people are trying to harm you (para-irregular noos-mind)
- 21. the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses (cognoac-know)