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Pschyology of religi
Term | Definition |
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Conservative Protestants | Strict Observance Behavioral compliance sacirifice |
Liberal Protestants | accept differences in lifestyles overlook differences in doctrinal disagreements less emphasis on community benefit |
Conservative Religions promote...? | cultural tension with dominant culture |
Evangelism is more common ..? | among conservative protestant and sectarians |
Effects on Conservative Protestantism Membership | elimination of non-believers strictness and monitoring of compliance cohesive answers to religious questions |
Effects on Liberal Protestantism Membership | spiritual uncertainity defection from membership clegy training |
Predictors of Religion | ethnic group region birth year two-parent home * |
Three major periods? | Early- 1900-1930 Middle 1930-1950 Contemporary 1950-current |
Wulf's major trends | explanatory descriptive humanistic |
Early period 1900-1930 | william james G.Stanley Hall Edwin Starbuck |
Middle period 1930-1950 | almost no research why? zeigiest fight for clients academic split freud |
contemporary Period 1950- current | dramatic increase Gordon Allport |
Explanatory | James Leuba-mystical experiences explained by basic psychological and physological processes Skinner-religious behaviors are reinforced by society Freud- religion=illusion;wish fulfillment; neurosis |
Descriptive | focuses on documenting te varieties and types of religious experiences |
descriptive (people) | william james- 2 types of religions chronic religon of the many geuniune religious inspiration carl jung-symbolic nature of religion |
Humanistic | stresses human motivation to groth and perfection phenomological core of spirtiualty |
humanistic (people) | gordon allport erich formm abraham maslow |
Jean Piaget | assc. mystical experience and religion with immature thinking |
Piaget's 2 types of morality | 1. heteronomous: focus on egocentric needs or unilateral respect for others 2. autonomous: focus on mutal respect and reciprocity of reltaions |
David Elkind 4 mental needs | 1.search for conservation 2. search for representation 3. search for relations 4. search for comprehension |
Fowler's 7 stages | 0. Primal Stage 1. Intiuative-Projective Faith 2. Mthic-Literal 3.SYnthetic-convential 4.Inductive-reflective 5.conjuctive 6.Universalitiy |
primal stage | development of trust |
intiutive-projective faith | 7-11 yrs acquire religious symbols |
mythic-literal | use of logic |
synthethic-conventional | develop religious identity which conforms |
inductive-reflective | 30s,40s develop religious identity which doesnt conforms |
conjuctive | tolerates paradoxes in faith |
universality | oneness w/ higher power |
7 Dimensions - Oser and Gmunder | 1.Freedom vs Dependence on God 2. Transcendant vs. Immanent God 3. Hope vs Despair 4. God's will is hidden vs transparent 5. Faith vs fear 6. sacred vs profane 7. eternal vs ephmeral |
Lower and Higher stages -Oser and Gmunder | 1. Religious Heternomy 2. People influencing the divine 3. Deism 4. Reintroduction of the involved divine 5. Coordinated union w/ divine |
Meadow and Kahue 4 stages | 1. extrinisc 2. observance 3. intrinsic 4. autonomy |
3 primary neuroimaging techniques | fMRI PET SPECT |
Extreme Mystical Experiences | 1. extraordinary 2. intense 3.realsitic 4.conneciton w/ something divine |
Temporal Lobe epilepsy (TLE) | = maybe why mystical experiences happen |
parts of the brain that are relevant | tle limbic system amygdala prefrontal context Parietal Lobe |
Newberg | 2 main actions 1. parts of brain involved in concentration and attention beome more active 2. decreased activity in parts of the brain onvolved w/ our orientqation of ourselves in space |
Executive Cognitive Functions | McNamara |
prefrontal cortex | assc. w/ moral reactions pfc dopamine pathways= ecfs |
two-system assumption | 1. INtuitive = rapid automatic emotinal processing 2. relfective= slower |
COmmon Morality | a. do not harm b. play fairly c. be loyal to your group d. respect authority e. live purely |