Psych 1 (Gade, UC Berkeley) Midterm 3 Exam 2026/2027 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Guaranteed

Psych 1 (Gade, UC Berkeley) Midterm 3 Exam 2026/2027 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Guaranteed Mechanism Movement - answer-Biological mechanisms are behind all thoughts and behaviors Jean Charcot - answer-Began treating people with hypnosis and other approaches to get at the "unconscious" with Sigmund Freud Psychodynamic Theory - answer-Personality is based on the interplay of conflicting forces within the individual Conscious - answer-The thoughts and experiences of which we are aware of that impact our behaviors Unconscious - answer-The thoughts and experiences of which we are UNAWARE of that impact our behaviors Id - answer-An unconscious force that constantly seeks satisfaction of basic needs (survival, sex, thirst, hunger, sleep, etc.) Superego - answer-A preconscious force that's only goal is to push us to do what is 'right' (society's standards)Ego - answer-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 - answer-- 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" Libido - answer-Psychosexual energy; an insatiable sexual drive that comes in different forms during our lifetime Oral stage - answer-(0-18 months) Mouth centered stimulation; oral fixations Anal stage - answer-(18-36 months) Potty training focus; anal retentiveness Phallic stage - answer-(3-6 years) Genital/gender exploration; penis envy, gender intensification, castration fear Latency - answer-(6 to puberty) No libido Genital stage - answer-(puberty +) Maturation of sexual interest; sexual issues Anna O (Bertha Pappenheim) - answer-Important case study by Freud; influenced his psychodynamic theory Franz Anton Mesmer - answer-First hypnotist; magnétisme animal; "mesmerizing" Induction, Relaxation, Suggestion - answer-The 3 steps of hypnosisPosthypnotic Amnesia - answer-When a person cannot remember what happened while he/she was hypnotized Carl Jung - answer-- 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 - answer-Vague, existential, and spiritual images/concepts found within our personality; some inherited from ancestors, others unique to the individual Alfred Adler - answer-- 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 - answer-Personality was based on our attempts to pursue our strengths and make up for our shortcomings Individual Psychology - answer-An approach to study the personality of a person as a whole rather than in separate parts (id/ego/superego) Striving for Superiority - answer-A desire to seek personal excellence and fulfillmentInferiority Complex - answer-An exaggerated feeling of weakness, inadequacy, and helplessness due to assessing a lack in a skill Carl Rogers - answer-- Formed theory of personality and clinical psychology focused on the positive aspects of individual - Humanistic Approach - Self-Actualization - Actual self - Ideal self Humanistic Approach - answer-An approach to psychology that postulated that people are constantly striving for betterment and to reach a point of accurate self representation and a point self actualization Self-Actualization - answer-The achievement of one's full potential, that results in great accomplishments, and is obtained through the alignment of selves Actual Self - answer-The person that we are Ideal Self - answer-The person that we want to be; rarely achieved Abraham Maslow - answer-- Hierarchy of Needs - Humanist; believed concept of self-actualization Hierarchy of Needs - answer-Chart that shows "needs" that have to be met for a person to pursue self-actualization