States of Consciousness Review

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Across
  1. 1. eriodic, natural loss of consciousness—as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
  2. 5. drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
  3. 7. a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times
  4. 11. compulsive craving of drugs or certain behaviors (such as gambling) despite known adverse consequences
  5. 12. a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind
  6. 13. content;according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content)
  7. 14. content;according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent, or hidden, content)
  8. 16. false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
  9. 17. drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
Down
  1. 1. drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, Ecstasy, and methamphetamine) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions
  2. 2. opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety
  3. 3. the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug’s effect
  4. 4. a social interaction in which one person (the subject) responds to another person’s (the hypnotist’s) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.
  5. 5. a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others
  6. 6. waves;the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
  7. 8. our awareness of ourselves and our environment
  8. 9. the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug or behavior
  9. 10. recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
  10. 15. a stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco
  11. 18. sleep;rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active