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PSYCHOLOGY 1 - MIDTERM 2 (UC
BERKELEY) EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
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
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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
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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
Mere exposure effect - correct answer -becoming attracted to
someone due to the fact that you've been repeatedly near or
around them
Elements of attraction - correct answer -proximity, similarity,
equity/ exchange, physical attractiveness, gender preference
Men concerns for attractiveness - correct answer -includes:
physical attractiveness, little discretion in choosing casual partner,
high demand for fidelity
PSYCHOLOGY 1 - MIDTERM 2 (UC
BERKELEY) EXAM 2025 BRAND NEW
ACTUAL EXAM WITH ANSWERS.
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
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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
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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
Mere exposure effect - correct answer -becoming attracted to
someone due to the fact that you've been repeatedly near or
around them
Elements of attraction - correct answer -proximity, similarity,
equity/ exchange, physical attractiveness, gender preference
Men concerns for attractiveness - correct answer -includes:
physical attractiveness, little discretion in choosing casual partner,
high demand for fidelity
