Psych 1 (Gade, UC Berkeley) Midterm 3 exam with 100%
correct answers | 2024
Mechanism Movement - -Biological mechanisms are behind all thoughts and
behaviors
Jean Charcot - -Began treating people with hypnosis and other approaches to get at
the "unconscious" with Sigmund Freud
Psychodynamic Theory - -Personality is based on the interplay of conflicting forces
within the individual
Conscious - -The thoughts and experiences of which we are aware of that impact our
behaviors
Unconscious - -The thoughts and experiences of which we are UNAWARE of that
impact our behaviors
Id - -An unconscious force that constantly seeks satisfaction of basic needs
(survival, sex, thirst, hunger, sleep, etc.)
Superego - -A preconscious force that's only goal is to push us to do what is 'right'
(society's standards)
Ego - -A conscious force that we develop in the social world and operates on the
reality principle—seeking to satisfy id's and the superego's desires in realistic ways
,Freud's Clinical Work - -- Focused on accessing the unconscious traumas and/or
needs that had to be addressed in order understand a person
- Required bringing the unconscious "up," to change personality or address the abnormal
through: Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis, Free association, Dream interpretation, "Freudian
Slips"
Latency - -(6 to puberty) No libido
Genital stage - -(puberty +) Maturation of sexual interest; sexual issues
Anna O (Bertha Pappenheim) - -Important case study by Freud; influenced his
psychodynamic theory
Franz Anton Mesmer - -First hypnotist; magnétisme animal; "mesmerizing"
Induction, Relaxation, Suggestion - -The 3 steps of hypnosis
Posthypnotic Amnesia - -When a person cannot remember what happened while
he/she was hypnotized
Carl Jung - -- Freud's "heir apparent"; broke with Freud's work because of his differing
beliefs about personality formation
- Personality is formed from both conscious and unconscious forces
- Our personal unconscious did not contain the basic instincts that Freud proposed
(primarily the id)
, - Archetypes
Archetypes - -Vague, existential, and spiritual images/concepts found within our
personality; some inherited from ancestors, others unique to the individual
Alfred Adler - -- Superiority Theory
- Another early student of Freud's, but broke away because of differing theories (too much
focus on sex)
- Individual psychology
- Striving for superiority
- Inferiority complex
Superiority Theory - -Personality was based on our attempts to pursue our strengths
and make up for our shortcomings
Individual Psychology - -An approach to study the personality of a person as a whole
rather than in separate parts (id/ego/superego)
Striving for Superiority - -A desire to seek personal excellence and fulfillment
Inferiority Complex - -An exaggerated feeling of weakness, inadequacy, and
helplessness due to assessing a lack in a skill
Libido - -Psychosexual energy; an insatiable sexual drive that comes in different
forms during our lifetime
correct answers | 2024
Mechanism Movement - -Biological mechanisms are behind all thoughts and
behaviors
Jean Charcot - -Began treating people with hypnosis and other approaches to get at
the "unconscious" with Sigmund Freud
Psychodynamic Theory - -Personality is based on the interplay of conflicting forces
within the individual
Conscious - -The thoughts and experiences of which we are aware of that impact our
behaviors
Unconscious - -The thoughts and experiences of which we are UNAWARE of that
impact our behaviors
Id - -An unconscious force that constantly seeks satisfaction of basic needs
(survival, sex, thirst, hunger, sleep, etc.)
Superego - -A preconscious force that's only goal is to push us to do what is 'right'
(society's standards)
Ego - -A conscious force that we develop in the social world and operates on the
reality principle—seeking to satisfy id's and the superego's desires in realistic ways
,Freud's Clinical Work - -- Focused on accessing the unconscious traumas and/or
needs that had to be addressed in order understand a person
- Required bringing the unconscious "up," to change personality or address the abnormal
through: Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis, Free association, Dream interpretation, "Freudian
Slips"
Latency - -(6 to puberty) No libido
Genital stage - -(puberty +) Maturation of sexual interest; sexual issues
Anna O (Bertha Pappenheim) - -Important case study by Freud; influenced his
psychodynamic theory
Franz Anton Mesmer - -First hypnotist; magnétisme animal; "mesmerizing"
Induction, Relaxation, Suggestion - -The 3 steps of hypnosis
Posthypnotic Amnesia - -When a person cannot remember what happened while
he/she was hypnotized
Carl Jung - -- Freud's "heir apparent"; broke with Freud's work because of his differing
beliefs about personality formation
- Personality is formed from both conscious and unconscious forces
- Our personal unconscious did not contain the basic instincts that Freud proposed
(primarily the id)
, - Archetypes
Archetypes - -Vague, existential, and spiritual images/concepts found within our
personality; some inherited from ancestors, others unique to the individual
Alfred Adler - -- Superiority Theory
- Another early student of Freud's, but broke away because of differing theories (too much
focus on sex)
- Individual psychology
- Striving for superiority
- Inferiority complex
Superiority Theory - -Personality was based on our attempts to pursue our strengths
and make up for our shortcomings
Individual Psychology - -An approach to study the personality of a person as a whole
rather than in separate parts (id/ego/superego)
Striving for Superiority - -A desire to seek personal excellence and fulfillment
Inferiority Complex - -An exaggerated feeling of weakness, inadequacy, and
helplessness due to assessing a lack in a skill
Libido - -Psychosexual energy; an insatiable sexual drive that comes in different
forms during our lifetime
