Psychological

Question 1

What dis Sigmund Freud argue

Answer 1

that religion is an illusion

Question 2

God has no reality, he is a creation of

Answer 2

The human mind

Question 3

it repressed antisocial influences by

Answer 3

inducing fear and guilt

Question 4

humanity is dependent upon religion to make his

Answer 4

helplessness tolerable

Question 5

while humanity depends in this illusion people will

Answer 5

Never be truly happy

Question 6

Criticism - Freud assumed what

Answer 6

that all aspects of belief in God were immature and he neglected the development of religious beliefs

Question 7

Criticism - Freud exaggerated the connection between what

Answer 7

the belief in God and the psycho-pathological tendencies of religious belief

Question 8

What was Carl Jung concerned with

Answer 8

the interplay between conscious and unconscious forces

Question 9

What did Carl Jung propose

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2 kinds of unconscious

• personal (shadow) includes those things about ourselves that we would like to forget
• the collective refers to events that we all share, by virtue of having a common humanity

Question 10

What did Carl Jung maintain religion was essential for

Answer 10

a balance psyche because it integrated the personality

Question 11

Criticism of CJ : Jung’s view on empirical data and evidence is too

Answer 11

Broad

Question 12

Criticism of CJ : not all his research follows what

Answer 12

strict enough methods of verifying empirical evidence