Study Guide Flashcards
(28 cards)
Define Psychology:
Psyche- Soul
Logos- The Word
Define Christian Psychology:
Psychology is a word about the soul
Define Secular Psychology:
The scientific study of the mind (mental processes) and behavior.
What are the themes of Secular Psychology:
- Psychology is empirically based.
- Our behavior is multi-determined.
- Psychology is theoretically diverse.
- Our experience of the world is highly subjective.
What are the five themes of Biblical View of Human Nature?
- Humans are relational persons
- Humans are broken, in need of redemption.
- Humans are embodied
- Humans are responsible limited agents.
- Humans are meaning seekers.
General Principles of Psychology and Christianity:
- Separate but equal
- Tossed salad
- Nothing Buttery
- Revealed Truth & Discovered Truth
General Principles of the Scientific Method:
- Known Assumptions/ Limitations
- Empiricism
- Skepticism
- Methods
Define Sensation:
The bottom-up process by which our senses receive and relay outside stimuli. It is a physical input.
Define Perception:
The top-down way our brains organize and interpret that information and put it into context.
How are the five senses interpreted:
Wave Senses: Sight & Sound
Chemical Senses: Taste & Smell
Touch: Pressure, Warmth, Cold, & Pain
Define Consciousness:
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
What are the 4 Stages of Sleep?
Stage 1- Drifting on the edge of consciousness
Stage 2- Clearly Asleep
Stage 3- Hard to wake, breathing and pulse slowed down
REM- Rapid eye movement, most intense dreaming
How long is each sleep cycle?
Approx. 90 min
Define Behaviourism:
An empirically rigorous science focused on observable behaviors and not unobservable internal mental processes.
Define Learning:
The process of acquiring, through experience, new and relatively enduring information or behaviors.
Define Association:
When a subject links certain events, behaviors, or stimuli together in the process of conditioning.
Define the Separate but Equal Principal of Psychology & Christianity?
Religion answers questions about the next life. Psychology answers questions about everyday behavior.
Define the Tossed Salad Principal of Psychology & Christianity?
Combining the insights and resources of scripture with the wisdom of psychology.
Define the Nothing Buttery Principal of Psychology & Christianity?
Christ is sufficient for every need of man.
Define the Revealed Truth & Discovered Truth Principal of Psychology & Christianity?
Revealed truth (God’s word) acts as a gravitational force upon discovered truth (the field of psychology) and the discovered truth does not conflict with the revealed truth.
Define Monism:
All behavior is ultimately determined by our genetics and our brain function. (All we are is physical matter).
Define Dualism:
There are at least two aspects of our nature (body and soul/mind)
True or False: Science is Descriptive
True
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