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Q&A Exam 1
Asking those hard questions
Question | Answer |
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3 Reasons religious experiences are hard to study: | 1. Subjective 2. Vague, unquantifiable experiences 3. Religious/Ordinary overlap |
3 Major Schools of Psych of Religion | 1. Depth Psychology 2. Humanistic 3. Empirical |
Freud: Religion is... | A mental illness (belief = illusion, Practicing = neurosis) |
Freud: Origin of Religion? | Fulfillment of a father figure (regression) |
Freuds (+/-) assessment of Religion: | (-) Religion should be replaced by science and reason |
Jung: Religion is... | Psychological process of individiation |
James: Religion is... | The experience of a spiritual reality |
Fromm: Religion is... | Object of devotion and a fram of orientation |
Maslow: Religion is... | Psychlogical process of self-actualization |
Frankl: Religion is... | Object of meaning |
Jung: Psychology of religion: | Archetypes arising from unconscious |
James: Psychology of religion: | Conscious experience of spiritual reality arising from unconscious + beyond |
Fromm: Psychology of religion: | Human need for comprehension and commitment |
Maslow: Psychology of religion: | The expression of innate human needs and experiences |
Frankl: Psychology of religion: | Will to meaning arising from spirit |
Jung (+/-) assessment of Religion: | (+) Psychic wholeness |
James (+/-) assessment of Religion: | (+) "Zest of life" |
Fromm (+/-) assessment of Religion: | (+) Humanistic, (-) Authoritarian |
Maslow (+/-) assessment of Religion: | Depends: (+) Psychological, (-) if religionized process |
Frankl (+/-) assessment of Religion: | (+) Provides existential grounding |