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Psych and Religion Midterm Study Guide
Ralph’s Tips for success:
Go to Section
Do the Readings
Use the outlines on ecommons to study
The test should be about 50 to 70 multiple choice questions. Don’t forget to breathe. This study guide does not include possible questions that could pertain to lecture 10 taking place on 10/25/16.
Here are some study questions that in addition to the tips Ralph gave will hopefully help you succeed on the midterm
1. What does R. Otto mean when he describes a wholly other? What is the
definition? What does numinous mean?
2. Is there a core religious experience? What is it and what can we say about it? 3. Describe the mysterium tremendum et fascinans. What is the literal translation?
What does it mean? How does it relate to a religious or spiritual experience? 4. Where is the sacred bat cave? What is the symbolism of the bat cave and why is If you want to learn more check out What is a banana republic country?
it an important part of a spiritual journey?
5. What does religion literally translate to? What is the breakdown of the word and
what does it mean?
6. Why is darkness a necessary element to encounter when on a spiritual journey?
What does China Galland say about it? What does Carl Jung say about it? 7. How are we able to transform and what does that journey look like? 8. How does ethnocentrism relate to biology? What does W.G. Sumner say that Don't forget about the age old question of What is ecological fallacy?
ethnocentrism is?
9. Aside for the need to belong to a group, as human beings, what is our second most important need? How do these two needs relate to each other? Explain the
cycle. How is culture related? How is ethnocentrism connected?
10. What are the seven characteristics of an ingroup verses outgroup mentality
according to D.T. Campbell?
11.What are Freud’s main theories about religion? What are his central points? 12.According to Freud, how does religion form? What does he call it?Don't forget about the age old question of What is an example of an ontology?
13.What is a childhood obsessional neurosis? Why does Freud believe this relates
to religion? What is his opinion on it?
14.What is a religious wish fulfillment?
15.How does religion, according to Freud, relate to the libido? What is it’s role in the
Oedipus Complex?
16.What does “ontology recapitulates phylogeny” mean? How does it relate to
Freud’s theory?
17.Who is the primogenitor? Explain the story, the history. How did this form
religion?
18.What is totemism? Why was it created? How does this relate to communion in
the modern day Christian faith?
19.Explain the differences between Freud’s views and theories about relation and
B.F. Skinner’s?
20.What is the scientific method? How does this relate to religion? 21.What are Skinner’s main concepts? What are his views and opinions? 22.What is an explanatory fiction? What is an example of one? How does it relate to
religion?
23.What is operant conditioning? Reinforcement? Shaping? Extinction? How do
these factors relate to being able to predict and control behavior? 24.Explain the reinforcement schedules: continuous reinforcement, fixed interval
reinforcement, variable interval reinforcement, ratio reinforcement, random ratio reinforcement. How do they relate to each other? Which one is the strongest
shaper of behavior?
25.How is superstitious behavior caused? How does it relate to the reinforcement Don't forget about the age old question of How do you calculate molecular mass and formula mass?
schedule? How does it relate to religion?
26.What is Skinner’s view on institutionalized religions? What are their purpose?
Why does Skinner have problems with them?
27.What is Walden II? What does Skinner’s ideal society look like? 28.How does Carl Jung differ from Skinner and Freud? How does the scientific
worldview relate to how Jung looks at psychology? What is the scientific
worldview?
29. What is Logos? What is Mythos? How are they different? Give an example of how logos would look at something and how mythos would look at something? (example the moon)
30.What is the horizontal dimension of existence? What is the vertical dimension of existence? How do they relate to each other? What are ways to get to the vertical dimension? Why is the horizontal dimension important? How does this relate to
conscious states and unconscious states?
31.How did Jung come to understand and believe in a collective unconscious? What
is it?
32.What are Jung’s sources of theory?
33.Explain individuation? How does it relate to the personality archetypes? What are the personality archetypes and explain them? What is the relationships between the ego and the unconscious? What is the cycle? Explain the cycle. What is the
order of individuation?
34.What is a person’s shadow? How does it form? Why is it important? How does it Don't forget about the age old question of What is a price maker?
relate to the spiritual journey? How can the shadow take over?
35.What is the significance of the book Journey to the East? What is it about? What
is its underlying message or meaning?
36.What is the Kerisey Temperament Sorter? What are the different components of it and what do they mean? What does someone’s score say about them? How do
different personality types positively and negatively relate to each other? 37.What did Jung say about God? How is intuition related?
38.What is the Bollingen Tower? What was Jung able to find or discover there? 39.What are the two things someone can do if they want to find their deep self? (hint
they are referred to as sisters of the soul.) How is this related to or connect with
the ancient way? What does Jung mean by that?
40.What was Dr. Bucke’s vision? How did this affect him? What did he discover? 41.What are James’ four qualities of a spiritual experience?
42.According to James, authority do these experiences have?
43.How did A. Maslow transform psychology? Explain humanistic psychology. 44.What is a peak experience?
45.What is epistemology? How does that relate to a vertical experience? 46.What are ways to have more peak/vertical experiences without the use of drugs? If you want to learn more check out Why use bacteria and bacteriophage model systems?
How do the different religions connect to the divine? What is the goal of these
practices?
47.What is the difference between a peak experience and a plateau experience? What are the three characteristics of a plateau experience? How did Maslow discover them?
48.What is transpersonal/ transhuman psychology?
49.What is consciousness? What happens when we become aware of our
consciousness?
50.What are the two major assumptions about consciousness according to Charles
Tart?
51.How do different cultures cultivate consciousness? How do different cultures
reject consciousness? How is consciousness a specialized construction? 52.What is an ordinary state of consciousness? What are some key characteristics
of it? What is an altered state of consciousness? How can you move from one
plane to another?
53.What is a disrupting force of consciousness? What is a patterning force of consciousness? How are they related? How are they different? Give examples of each.
Psych and Religion Midterm Study Guide
Ralph’s Tips for success:
Go to Section
Do the Readings
Use the outlines on ecommons to study
The test should be about 50 to 70 multiple choice questions. Don’t forget to breathe. This study guide does not include possible questions that could pertain to lecture 10 taking place on 10/25/16.
Here are some study questions that in addition to the tips Ralph gave will hopefully help you succeed on the midterm
1. What does R. Otto mean when he describes a wholly other? What is the
definition? What does numinous mean?
2. Is there a core religious experience? What is it and what can we say about it? 3. Describe the mysterium tremendum et fascinans. What is the literal translation?
What does it mean? How does it relate to a religious or spiritual experience? 4. Where is the sacred bat cave? What is the symbolism of the bat cave and why is
it an important part of a spiritual journey?
5. What does religion literally translate to? What is the breakdown of the word and
what does it mean?
6. Why is darkness a necessary element to encounter when on a spiritual journey?
What does China Galland say about it? What does Carl Jung say about it? 7. How are we able to transform and what does that journey look like? 8. How does ethnocentrism relate to biology? What does W.G. Sumner say that
ethnocentrism is?
9. Aside for the need to belong to a group, as human beings, what is our second most important need? How do these two needs relate to each other? Explain the
cycle. How is culture related? How is ethnocentrism connected?
10. What are the seven characteristics of an ingroup verses outgroup mentality
according to D.T. Campbell?
11.What are Freud’s main theories about religion? What are his central points? 12.According to Freud, how does religion form? What does he call it?
13.What is a childhood obsessional neurosis? Why does Freud believe this relates
to religion? What is his opinion on it?
14.What is a religious wish fulfillment?
15.How does religion, according to Freud, relate to the libido? What is it’s role in the
Oedipus Complex?
16.What does “ontology recapitulates phylogeny” mean? How does it relate to
Freud’s theory?
17.Who is the primogenitor? Explain the story, the history. How did this form
religion?
18.What is totemism? Why was it created? How does this relate to communion in
the modern day Christian faith?
19.Explain the differences between Freud’s views and theories about relation and
B.F. Skinner’s?
20.What is the scientific method? How does this relate to religion? 21.What are Skinner’s main concepts? What are his views and opinions? 22.What is an explanatory fiction? What is an example of one? How does it relate to
religion?
23.What is operant conditioning? Reinforcement? Shaping? Extinction? How do
these factors relate to being able to predict and control behavior? 24.Explain the reinforcement schedules: continuous reinforcement, fixed interval
reinforcement, variable interval reinforcement, ratio reinforcement, random ratio reinforcement. How do they relate to each other? Which one is the strongest
shaper of behavior?
25.How is superstitious behavior caused? How does it relate to the reinforcement
schedule? How does it relate to religion?
26.What is Skinner’s view on institutionalized religions? What are their purpose?
Why does Skinner have problems with them?
27.What is Walden II? What does Skinner’s ideal society look like? 28.How does Carl Jung differ from Skinner and Freud? How does the scientific
worldview relate to how Jung looks at psychology? What is the scientific
worldview?
29. What is Logos? What is Mythos? How are they different? Give an example of how logos would look at something and how mythos would look at something? (example the moon)
30.What is the horizontal dimension of existence? What is the vertical dimension of existence? How do they relate to each other? What are ways to get to the vertical dimension? Why is the horizontal dimension important? How does this relate to
conscious states and unconscious states?
31.How did Jung come to understand and believe in a collective unconscious? What
is it?
32.What are Jung’s sources of theory?
33.Explain individuation? How does it relate to the personality archetypes? What are the personality archetypes and explain them? What is the relationships between the ego and the unconscious? What is the cycle? Explain the cycle. What is the
order of individuation?
34.What is a person’s shadow? How does it form? Why is it important? How does it
relate to the spiritual journey? How can the shadow take over?
35.What is the significance of the book Journey to the East? What is it about? What
is its underlying message or meaning?
36.What is the Kerisey Temperament Sorter? What are the different components of it and what do they mean? What does someone’s score say about them? How do
different personality types positively and negatively relate to each other? 37.What did Jung say about God? How is intuition related?
38.What is the Bollingen Tower? What was Jung able to find or discover there? 39.What are the two things someone can do if they want to find their deep self? (hint
they are referred to as sisters of the soul.) How is this related to or connect with
the ancient way? What does Jung mean by that?
40.What was Dr. Bucke’s vision? How did this affect him? What did he discover? 41.What are James’ four qualities of a spiritual experience?
42.According to James, authority do these experiences have?
43.How did A. Maslow transform psychology? Explain humanistic psychology. 44.What is a peak experience?
45.What is epistemology? How does that relate to a vertical experience? 46.What are ways to have more peak/vertical experiences without the use of drugs?
How do the different religions connect to the divine? What is the goal of these
practices?
47.What is the difference between a peak experience and a plateau experience? What are the three characteristics of a plateau experience? How did Maslow discover them?
48.What is transpersonal/ transhuman psychology?
49.What is consciousness? What happens when we become aware of our
consciousness?
50.What are the two major assumptions about consciousness according to Charles
Tart?
51.How do different cultures cultivate consciousness? How do different cultures
reject consciousness? How is consciousness a specialized construction? 52.What is an ordinary state of consciousness? What are some key characteristics
of it? What is an altered state of consciousness? How can you move from one
plane to another?
53.What is a disrupting force of consciousness? What is a patterning force of consciousness? How are they related? How are they different? Give examples of each.