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| 3 Primary ways religion is Developed with in childhood? |
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Definition
-Psychodynamic elements in attachment
-Social learning theory
-Pagetian cognitive development |
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| Elkind's stage theory of Religious Development |
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Definition
| Believed people's cognitive development becomes more complex therefore the intellectual needs of religion must also evolve at each cognitive stage. |
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Term
| Compare and contrast a God image vs. a God concept? |
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God concept-intellectual understanding of who god is.
God image - an emotional, experiential and relational object of our psyche; developed early in life to be a transitional object; develops throughout our life as our religious experience continues. |
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| What are god image categories? |
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Definition
3 Categories
-God is active, guiding, stable,
-God is severe, wrathful, and condemning
-God is distant, uncaring, deistic-like, impersonal, passive, and like a supernatural force. |
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| What 3 courses of of religious development occur when religion does not satisfy the intellectual and emotional needs of adolescent? |
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Definition
-the decision that religion is nonsense, importance denied and former beliefs are rejected
-blind adherence occurs in order to avoid having to pursue religious issues in a deeper way
-grappling with the new questions and doubts leads to new decisions and conclusions about his or her religious faith |
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| Can you describe religious doubt in the life of an adolescent? |
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Definition
| is not so much about denial of specific teachings as it is more general tendency to question and wonder. |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 0 |
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stage 0- "primal or undifferentiated"
if in safe and secure environment will develop a sense of trust and safety of the divine; vs. if in negative environment will develop mistrust in the devine |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 1 |
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Definition
stage 1- "Intuitive-projective"
psyche's unprotected exposure to the unconscious. (Imagination formed) |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 2 |
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Definition
| stage 2- "Mythic-literal" strong believe in justice and reciprocity of the universe, very literal in faith experience |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 3 |
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| stage 3- "Synthetic-Conventional" 12-adulthood conformity to religious authority and development of a personal identity |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 4 |
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| stage 4- "Individuative-reflective" 20's, 30's, takes personal responsibility for his or her beliefs and feelings, open to complexity of faith, increase the awareness of conflicts in one's belief |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 5 |
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| stage 5- "Conjunctive" (mid-life crisis) individual resolves conflicts from previous stages of complex understanding of a multidimensional, interdependent "truth" cannot be explained by any particular statement FAITH |
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James Fowler's stages of religion
Stage 6 |
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| stage 6- "universalizing" enlightenment" treat people with compassion as she or he views people from universal community, and should be treated with a universal principles of love and justice. |
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| 4 psychological processes related to adolescent religious development |
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Definition
Paradox-conservative n sexual behaviors,belief in god but understand of science
Cognitive developments- abstract thinking through the basic religious issues
Social Factors- growing social need to belong
Personal Factors- development of separate identity, identity crisis and ownership of ones own life |
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Term
| Describe hoq each element of human functioning are impacted by conversion |
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Definition
Physical/Behavior-what you do
Cognitive-what you think/believe
Emotional-how you feel,affect
Social- Social interactions
Spiritual-Transcendent life |
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| Describe 3 types of religious conversion |
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Definition
Sudden-all at once in short amount of time
Gradual-occurs overtime, reassesses their life, search for meaning and purpose
Religious Socialization-lifelong religious process cant remember a time of no belief |
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| Factors that cause people to go through the conversion process |
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Definition
-religious is a crutch
-strong emotions lead to conversion
-personally types and conversion
-conversion and age |
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| Steps in Lofland and Stark's model of conversion |
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Definition
-individual is at a turning point in their life, must encounter NRM
-strong affective bonds are formed between newcomer and group members
-concurrently, attachments strengthen to group members and dissipate secular things
-puts ones life at the disposal of group |
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Term
| How is conversion like creativity? |
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Definition
existential crisis
self-surrender
new vision
new life |
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Term
| 3 things that help an individual be immune to religious conversion |
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Definition
-be aware of your lack of immunity to social processes
-develop a solid understanding of group before engagement
-maintain perceptual detachment- self observation |
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