Ch9 And 10 Flashcards
(116 cards)
De ne the psychological strengths domain.
The capacity of your life that enables you to exercise your will in deciding upon courses of action.
What is the purpose of studying our psychological strengths?
to have a clearer understanding of how we are uniquely made
Our psychological strengths often impact the way we ________ the other four strengths domains in our lives.
exercise
Up until _________ we make our “decisions” based upon our outlook as a child.
puberty
After this time in our lives, we become adults. The ________ of our adulthood is dependent upon the decisions we make.
maturity
At the start of our adulthood we begin to experience our own _____.
Ego
What are the three possible psychological perspectives humans can experience?
Self-centered (driven by ego), Loss of innocence (driven by fear of being hurt), God-centered (submitting to God’s authority).
The devil uses our ________ in order to tempt our _____ ______ to believe that we are our own ________.
ego,sinful nature, authority
The devil uses the same three tactics he used in tempting Jesus. These three tactics are:
mocking, appeal to pride, flattery
When we follow the devil’s temptation, we are basing the value of our lives on the vertical model of
competition/comparison
The two primary measures in this model are:
performance and appearance
What phrase describes the feelings of success (going up on the model) and failure (going down on the model)?
Manic depression
Our curriculum states the culture of our modern society often follows this model by _______ certain preferences over others.
valuing
Our curriculum identi es that the consequence of pursuing this model, often results in someone trying to be
something they’re not
The curriculum concludes that this pursuit leads to ________and _________
frustration,self-doubt
The Biblical model we are called to when rst experiencing the power of our ____ is to
Ego, submit to God’s authority
When following the Biblical Model, what is the way to “renew our mind”?
To stop following the patterns of the world (self- centeredness & competition)
What will we be able to do when we “renew our mind”?
Test and approve God’s good, pleasing, perfect will_
What was the illustration given in class to describe how to receive and lter information when following the Biblical model?
To lter the information we have coming into us through the Word of God
When we do this, what we are able to recognize and resist?
The schemes of the devil
When we follow this Biblical model, we are illustrating the horizontal model of _________
co-operation
When following this model, what are the two reasons we have con dence in ourselves?
God’s love for us and His unique gifts He’s given us
When following this model, what are the two reasons we remain humble?
Our inherent sinful nature / Christ died for us _
What will illustrate which of the above paths we have chosen? ___ ______
Our actions