Psychological Flashcards
What dis Sigmund Freud argue
that religion is an illusion
God has no reality, he is a creation of
The human mind
it repressed antisocial influences by
inducing fear and guilt
humanity is dependent upon religion to make his
helplessness tolerable
while humanity depends in this illusion people will
Never be truly happy
Criticism - Freud assumed what
that all aspects of belief in God were immature and he neglected the development of religious beliefs
Criticism - Freud exaggerated the connection between what
the belief in God and the psycho-pathological tendencies of religious belief
What was Carl Jung concerned with
the interplay between conscious and unconscious forces
What did Carl Jung propose
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
What did Carl Jung maintain religion was essential for
a balance psyche because it integrated the personality
Criticism of CJ : Jung’s view on empirical data and evidence is too
Broad
Criticism of CJ : not all his research follows what
strict enough methods of verifying empirical evidence
