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PSYCH 1 (GADE, UC BERKELEY) MIDTERM
3 EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
Mechanism Movement - correct answer -Biological mechanisms
are behind all thoughts and behaviors
Jean Charcot - correct answer -Began treating people with
hypnosis and other approaches to get at the "unconscious" with
Sigmund Freud
Psychodynamic Theory - correct answer -Personality is based on
the interplay of conflicting forces within the individual
Conscious - correct answer -The thoughts and experiences of
which we are aware of that impact our behaviors
Unconscious - correct answer -The thoughts and experiences of
which we are UNAWARE of that impact our behaviors
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Id - correct answer -An unconscious force that constantly seeks
satisfaction of basic needs (survival, sex, thirst, hunger, sleep,
etc.)
Superego - correct answer -A preconscious force that's only goal
is to push us to do what is 'right' (society's standards)
Ego - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer -Psychosexual energy; an insatiable
sexual drive that comes in different forms during our lifetime
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Oral stage - correct answer -(0-18 months) Mouth centered
stimulation; oral fixations
Anal stage - correct answer -(18-36 months) Potty training focus;
anal retentiveness
Phallic stage - correct answer -(3-6 years) Genital/gender
exploration; penis envy, gender intensification, castration fear
Latency - correct answer -(6 to puberty) No libido
Genital stage - correct answer -(puberty +) Maturation of sexual
interest; sexual issues
Anna O (Bertha Pappenheim) - correct answer -Important case
study by Freud; influenced his psychodynamic theory
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Franz Anton Mesmer - correct answer -First hypnotist;
magnétisme animal; "mesmerizing"
Induction, Relaxation, Suggestion - correct answer -The 3 steps
of hypnosis
Posthypnotic Amnesia - correct answer -When a person cannot
remember what happened while he/she was hypnotized
Carl Jung - correct 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 - correct answer -Vague, existential, and spiritual
images/concepts found within our personality; some inherited
from ancestors, others unique to the individual
PSYCH 1 (GADE, UC BERKELEY) MIDTERM
3 EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM
WITH ANSWERS.
Mechanism Movement - correct answer -Biological mechanisms
are behind all thoughts and behaviors
Jean Charcot - correct answer -Began treating people with
hypnosis and other approaches to get at the "unconscious" with
Sigmund Freud
Psychodynamic Theory - correct answer -Personality is based on
the interplay of conflicting forces within the individual
Conscious - correct answer -The thoughts and experiences of
which we are aware of that impact our behaviors
Unconscious - correct answer -The thoughts and experiences of
which we are UNAWARE of that impact our behaviors
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Id - correct answer -An unconscious force that constantly seeks
satisfaction of basic needs (survival, sex, thirst, hunger, sleep,
etc.)
Superego - correct answer -A preconscious force that's only goal
is to push us to do what is 'right' (society's standards)
Ego - correct 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 - correct 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 - correct answer -Psychosexual energy; an insatiable
sexual drive that comes in different forms during our lifetime
, Page | 3
Oral stage - correct answer -(0-18 months) Mouth centered
stimulation; oral fixations
Anal stage - correct answer -(18-36 months) Potty training focus;
anal retentiveness
Phallic stage - correct answer -(3-6 years) Genital/gender
exploration; penis envy, gender intensification, castration fear
Latency - correct answer -(6 to puberty) No libido
Genital stage - correct answer -(puberty +) Maturation of sexual
interest; sexual issues
Anna O (Bertha Pappenheim) - correct answer -Important case
study by Freud; influenced his psychodynamic theory
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Franz Anton Mesmer - correct answer -First hypnotist;
magnétisme animal; "mesmerizing"
Induction, Relaxation, Suggestion - correct answer -The 3 steps
of hypnosis
Posthypnotic Amnesia - correct answer -When a person cannot
remember what happened while he/she was hypnotized
Carl Jung - correct 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 - correct answer -Vague, existential, and spiritual
images/concepts found within our personality; some inherited
from ancestors, others unique to the individual
