Psychology Consciousness and Sleep Disorders Crossword Review

Conciousness

Awareness of oneself and one's environment.

Psychoactive drugs

Chemical substances that alter perceptions and moods.

Insomnia

A sleep disorder characterized by problems in falling asleep or staying asleep.

Sleep apnea

A sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted during sleep.

Narcolepsy

A sleep disorder characterized by brief attacks of REM sleep at inopportune moments.

Delta waves

Slow brain activity associated with deep sleep.

Meditation

Focusing of attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxation.

Night Terror

A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and apparent terror.

Addiction

A compulsive need for and use of a habit-forming substance.

Depressant

A drug that reduces neural activity and slows body functions.

Stimulant

A drug that increases neural activity and speeds up body functions.

Circadian rhythm

Biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle.

Disassociation theory

In hypnosis, consciousness is divided into two parts, each aware.

Preconscious

Information not in the conscious like memories and stored knowledge.

Withdrawal

Discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug.

REM sleep

Sleep characterized by rapid eye movement and increased brain activity.

Hallucinogen

A psychedelic drug that distorts perceptions and evokes sensory images in the absence of actual sensory input.

Unconscious

A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware but which influences our behavior

Mantra

Repeating a soothing phrase to oneself during meditation.

Role theory

In hypnosis, people play a role like the behaviors of a hypnotized person

Stage 4

Very deep sleep characterized by delta waves and paralysis of voluntary muscle activity.

Nonconscious

Mental process that goes on in which the individual is unaware

Unconscious

Unacceptable thoughts, memories, wishes in which we are unaware, but still control our behavior. This info is hidden