States of Consciousness

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Across
  1. 1. Drugs that are small enough to pass through the protection of the blood-brain barrier
  2. 4. Sleep disorder characterized by the temporary cessation of breathing while asleep, causing a person to momentarily wake up and gasp for air before falling back asleep
  3. 5. Category of drugs that slow down the body's processes
  4. 8. People suffer from this after hypnosis where they cannot remember events and experiences that transpired while hypnotized
  5. 9. This hypnosis theory believes that it is just a social phenomenon where people want to believe and therefore act like a hypnotized person
  6. 10. Type of drugs that block normal activity of neurotransmitters
  7. 12. Type of drugs that mimic neurotransmitters and strengthen the effects of chemicals
  8. 15. Hormone that regulates your sleep-wake cycles which is stimulated by darkness and inhibited by light
  9. 16. This psychologist believed that dreams are a roadway into your hidden desires
  10. 18. Unlike a nightmare, a person is not fully conscious as them experience extreme fear and may scream or flailing in their sleep
  11. 20. You rotate through your sleep cycle every ___ minutes
  12. 21. Sleep disorder where a person suffers from extreme sleeplessness and may fall asleep at unpredictable or inappropriate times
  13. 22. This hypnosis theory believes that people are actually hypnotized and in an altered consciousness
  14. 26. Level of consciousness that is right outside of our current awareness but can quick be brought into full awareness voluntarily (i.e. daydreaming)
  15. 27. A state of highly focused attention often associated with relaxation and heightened suggestibility
  16. 29. Type of drugs that block of the axon to leave neurotransmitters in the synaptic gap longer: ___ inhibitors
  17. 31. Awareness of ourselves and our environment
  18. 33. Also known as somnambulism, this sleep disorder is when a person physically moves during the first few hours of sleep
  19. 35. The Activation-Synthesis Theory of dreams is also known as the ___ theory as our brain is trying to interpret random electrical signals while we sleep
  20. 36. Physical or psychological symptoms if you stop using a drug
  21. 38. If a drug is used often, this is created where more of the drug is needed to feel the same effect
Down
  1. 2. This is given during hypnosis and are intended to take effect after the person emerges from the trance
  2. 3. Type of brain scan which records brain wave activity
  3. 6. According to the Information Processing Theory, dreams are a result of this in everyday life
  4. 7. Type of biological rhythm that lasts about 25 hours and regulates our sleep-wake cycle
  5. 8. Type of brain wave during extreme relaxation, mediation, or at the onset of sleep that can produce mild hallucinations
  6. 11. Sleep disorder in which a person has persistent problems falling and/or staying asleep
  7. 13. Category of drugs that speed up your body processes
  8. 14. Category of drugs that cause a change in perception of reality
  9. 17. Level of consciousness that controls our automatic body processes (i.e. heart rate)
  10. 19. Category of drugs that are derived from the poppy plant for pain relief
  11. 23. Type of brain wave during stages 1 and 2 were brain activity progressively gets slower and you may experience sleep spindles
  12. 24. Level of consciousness that contains our unacceptable or unpleasant feelings and memories
  13. 25. Also known as "divided consciousness", this is when a part is open to hypnosis while the other is a bystander watching what is going on
  14. 28. Type of brain wave you experience when fully awake
  15. 30. Dependency (physical or psychological) on a drug
  16. 32. Type of brain wave you experience during deep sleep
  17. 34. REM sleep is also known as ___ sleep because the brain is very active BUT the body is extremely relaxed
  18. 37. The stage of sleep were dreams occur