Sleep, Dreams, and Sleep Disorders

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Across
  1. 2. The _____ Development theory about dreams believes that the complexity of dreams aligns with a child's age/experiences
  2. 5. The _____ Synthesis theory of dreams believes that dreams are just our brain's attempt to interpret random neural firing during sleep
  3. 8. Believed that dreams were the royal road to the unconscious and that to fully understand what dreams represented we needed to use free association
  4. 9. Sleepwalking is often _____ unless a child leaves the house in the middle or the night or engages in any other risky behavior
  5. 12. Sleepwalking is also called this
  6. 13. _____ 3 is stage of sleep when sleepwalking usually occurs
  7. 14. People who struggle with ______ can be more prone to sleep apnea
  8. 16. Sudden muscle twitches or jerks that occur when a person is drifting off to sleep
  9. 17. This sleep disorder is characterized by difficulty falling asleep or an inability to stay asleep
  10. 18. Refers to grinding one's teeth, which can sometimes be prevented by wearing a dental appliance when one sleeps
  11. 19. A common symptom of sleep apnea
Down
  1. 1. Because we are not fully aware of ourselves or our environment, sleep is considered an altered state of ______
  2. 3. The ____ Processing theory of dreams believes that dreams help us sort through the day's experiences and consolidate memories
  3. 4. The loss of muscle tone/control that can occur in conjunction with narcolepsy- a person appears to have "passed out" but is very much awake
  4. 6. Night ____ occur more often in children and are often more traumatic for the parent, with the child having no memory of the event
  5. 7. The stage of sleep people who suffer from narcolepsy typically fall into during an attack
  6. 10. is a common symptom of narcolepsy
  7. 11. This sleep disorder is characterized by someone aggressively acting out their dreams
  8. 15. Intense ______ can trigger an attack of narcolepsy or cataplexy in someone who suffers from these conditions
  9. 16. Typically we cannot do this during REM sleep because our brains block motor messages from reaching our limbs