PSYCH 1 UC BERKELEY EXAM 2,
PSYCHOLOGY 1 - MIDTERM 2 (UC
BERKELEY) 2026/2027 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Diffusion of responsibility - correct answer-we tend to feel less
of a responsibility to act when others are nearby something is
certainly wrong; demonstrated by the "seizure over a phone
call" experiment
Heuristics - correct answer-rules of thumb; characteristics:
employ shortcuts, based on experience, prone to human error
quick
Representative heuristic - correct answer-assumption that an
item that resembles members of some category is probably
also in that category; causes the base-rate fallacy
Availability heuristic - correct answer-the assumption is that if
we can easily think of examples of a category, then that
category must be common; "guess my rule" example
,Maximizing - correct answer-searching for the best possible
choice; makes the best choices, longest to decide, less
satisfied
Confirmation bias - correct answer-the tendency to accept a
hypothesis and then look for evidence to support it instead of
considering other possibilites
Satisficing - correct answer-searching for the first satisfactory
choice; happy with choices, yet lead astray, may be
disappointed when given more info
Framing - correct answer-phenomenon that people react to a
particular choice in different ways depending on how it is
presented
Expertise - correct answer-years of experience lead to changes
in the brain, gaining the ability to recognize patterns quickly and
easily
,Erik Erikson - correct answer-developmental psychologist who
formulated 8 different levels of human development
James Marcia - correct answer-developmental psychologist
who formulated the Identity Status theory
Identity achievement - correct answer-making a decision about
one's own identity with having explored other issues
Identity foreclosure - correct answer-making a decision about
one's own identity with having NOT explored other issues
Identity moratorium - correct answer-having not made a
decision on one's own identity with having explored other
issues
Identity diffusion - correct answer-having not made a decision
on one's own identity with having NOT explored other issues
, John Bowlby - correct answer-developmental psychologist who
defined the process of: responsiveness - attachment -
exploration; survival values for infants
Mary Ainsworth - correct answer-developmental psychologist
who studied babies attachments to their mothers; defined
secure, anxious/resistant, avoidant, and disorrganized
Lawrence Kohlberg - correct answer-developmental
psychologist who formulated the theory of moral development;
defined moral development as having three levels (total of 6
stages) including: pre-conventional, conventional, and post-
conventional; ranged from an avoidance of punishment to a
self-selection of universal principles
The Heinz Dilemma - correct answer-giving the situation of a
poor man stealing medicine for his dying wife to examine one's
sense of morality
Berscheid & Walster - correct answer-pair who defined
attraction as the pull to evaluate another person in a positive (or
negative) way
PSYCHOLOGY 1 - MIDTERM 2 (UC
BERKELEY) 2026/2027 ACTUAL
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS.
Diffusion of responsibility - correct answer-we tend to feel less
of a responsibility to act when others are nearby something is
certainly wrong; demonstrated by the "seizure over a phone
call" experiment
Heuristics - correct answer-rules of thumb; characteristics:
employ shortcuts, based on experience, prone to human error
quick
Representative heuristic - correct answer-assumption that an
item that resembles members of some category is probably
also in that category; causes the base-rate fallacy
Availability heuristic - correct answer-the assumption is that if
we can easily think of examples of a category, then that
category must be common; "guess my rule" example
,Maximizing - correct answer-searching for the best possible
choice; makes the best choices, longest to decide, less
satisfied
Confirmation bias - correct answer-the tendency to accept a
hypothesis and then look for evidence to support it instead of
considering other possibilites
Satisficing - correct answer-searching for the first satisfactory
choice; happy with choices, yet lead astray, may be
disappointed when given more info
Framing - correct answer-phenomenon that people react to a
particular choice in different ways depending on how it is
presented
Expertise - correct answer-years of experience lead to changes
in the brain, gaining the ability to recognize patterns quickly and
easily
,Erik Erikson - correct answer-developmental psychologist who
formulated 8 different levels of human development
James Marcia - correct answer-developmental psychologist
who formulated the Identity Status theory
Identity achievement - correct answer-making a decision about
one's own identity with having explored other issues
Identity foreclosure - correct answer-making a decision about
one's own identity with having NOT explored other issues
Identity moratorium - correct answer-having not made a
decision on one's own identity with having explored other
issues
Identity diffusion - correct answer-having not made a decision
on one's own identity with having NOT explored other issues
, John Bowlby - correct answer-developmental psychologist who
defined the process of: responsiveness - attachment -
exploration; survival values for infants
Mary Ainsworth - correct answer-developmental psychologist
who studied babies attachments to their mothers; defined
secure, anxious/resistant, avoidant, and disorrganized
Lawrence Kohlberg - correct answer-developmental
psychologist who formulated the theory of moral development;
defined moral development as having three levels (total of 6
stages) including: pre-conventional, conventional, and post-
conventional; ranged from an avoidance of punishment to a
self-selection of universal principles
The Heinz Dilemma - correct answer-giving the situation of a
poor man stealing medicine for his dying wife to examine one's
sense of morality
Berscheid & Walster - correct answer-pair who defined
attraction as the pull to evaluate another person in a positive (or
negative) way
