Foundations Midterm Exam

Question 1

Personalistic Principle (L&R, 41)

Answer 1

• “Theperson isthekindofgoodwhichdoes
not admitofuseandcannotbetreatedasan
objectofuseandassuchthemeanstoan
end.”
• “Theperson isagood towardswhichtheonly
properandadequateattitudeislove.”

Question 2

Personal Unity (CCC, 365)

Answer 2

“Theunityofsoulandbodyissoprofound
thatonehastoconsiderthesoultobethe
‘form’ofthebody:i.e.,itisbecauseofits
spiritualsoulthatthebodymadeofmatter
becomesalivinghumanbody;spiritand
matter,inman,arenottwonaturesunited,
butrathertheirunionformsasinglenature.”

Question 3

Theological/PhilosophicalQuestions

Answer 3

Theological (natureofGod)
– atheismvs.theism
• Metaphysical (natureofreality)
– idealismvs.realism
• Ethical (natureoftruth)
– relativismvs.universalism
– randomvs.purposeful
• Epistemological (natureofknowledge)
– empiricismvs.rationalism
– reductionismvs.holism

Question 4

AnthropologicalQuestions

Answer 4

Bodyvs.Mind
• Machinevs.Animalvs.Human
• Determinismvs.Voluntarism
• Irrationalvs.Rational
• Naturevs.Nurture
• Pastvs.Presentvs.Future
• Non‐Selfvs.Self
• Typologyvs.Individuality

Question 5

Rychlak’s DimensionsofPersonalityTheory

Answer 5

Structural Aspects (Nature of Persons)
• Whatistheessentialstructureofpersonality?
Motivational Aspects (Meaning of Persons) 
• Onwhatbasis doesthisstructureactorbehave?
Time-Perspective Aspects (Formation of Persons)
• Doesthisstructurechangeovertime,andifso,inwhatway?
Individual Differences Aspects (Mystery of Persons)
• Howdoweaccountforthevarietyofhumanbehavioramongdifferentindividuals?

Question 6

Charts: WaysofKnowing, Biblical Anthropology, Roger’s 3 Philosophies of Man

Answer 6

Did you memorize charts?

Question 7

Models of Integration (From Carter Reading)

Answer 7

• Against model
– PsychologyandChristianityareessentiallyincompatibleand
thereisnorealpossibilityforintegration
• Of model
– Thereisanattempttofind“good”psychologyinreligionorto
findthepsychologyof religion.
• Parallels model
– TheconceptsofpsychologyandChristianityaretreatedinways
thatparalleleachotherbutrarelytrulyintegrate.
• Integrates model
– Reason,revelation,andthescientificmethodareallseenas
playingavalidroleinthesearchfortruth.

Question 8

NaturalScienceandHumanScience

Methodologies

Answer 8

ExperimentalMethod
• Observable
– Operational
• Measurable
– Quantitative
• Replicable
– Prediction
DescriptiveMethod
• Experiential
– Perceptual
• Meaningful
– Qualitative
• Structural
– Understanding

Question 9

EightAnthropologicalDomains

IPSModel

Answer 9

Philosophical
• Personal(Substantial)Unity
• InterpersonalRelationality
• Bodiliness
• Rationality
• Volitionality andFreedom
Theological
• Created inGod’sImage
• Fallen asaResultofSin
• Redeemed fromAlienation
fromGod

Question 10

ThreeBroadCurrents

inAmericanPsychology

Answer 10

• Behaviorism,objective,experimental,
impersonal,logical‐positivistic,operational,
laboratory
• Freudian,neo‐Freudian,psychoanalytic,
psychologyoftheunconscious,instinctual,ego‐
psychology,id‐psychology,dynamicpsychology
• Phenomenological,existential,self‐theory,self‐
actualization,health‐and‐growthpsychology,
beingandbecoming,scienceofinnerexperience

Question 11

Powers of Man Chart

Answer 11

Vegetative: Nutrition, Growth, Reproduction
Rational: Abstracting, Understanding, Volition
Sensitive: Anything else