Psychological strengths QUIZ (worksheet) Flashcards
Define psychological strengths domain.💪🏼
- Exercising your will in light of God’s creation
- Exercising your gifts for the benefit of the authority of God
What is the purpose of studying our psychological strengths? 🧠
To have a clearer understanding of how we are uniquely made
Our psychological strengths often impact the way we _____ the other four strengths domains in our lives. 🏃🏻♂️
Exercise (spiritual, physical , intellectual, emotional)
Up until ______ we made our “decisions” based upon our outlook as a child. 👶🏻
Puberty
After this time in our lives, we become _____, The _____ of our adulthood is dependent upon 🧔🏻
Adults; maturity
What are the three possible psychological perspectives humans can experience?3️⃣
Psychological perspective- God centered// based on humility and submission to higher authority
Self-centered perspective- driven by ego// concept of pride (surrounded by stereotypes and psygchopahnts)
Loss of innocence perspective - exercise your will out of fear of being hurt or disappointed
The devil uses our _____ in order to tempt our ________ to believe that we are our own _______👿
Ego; Sinful nature; Authority
The devil uses the same three tactics he used in tempting Jesus. These three tactics are:😈
Mockery, Flattery, Appeal to Pride
When we follow the devil’s temptation, we are basing the value of our lives on the vertical model of ________🤜🏼
Competition
The two primary measures in the model are:👀👤
Performance and Appearance
What phrase describes the feelings of of success (going up on the model) and failure (going down on the model)👆🏼👇🏼
Manic Depression
Our curriculum states that the culture of our modern society often follows this model by ________ certain preferences over others.
Valuing
Our curriculum identifies that the consequence of pursuing this model. often results in someone trying to be _____
Something that they’re not
The curriculum concludes that this pursuit leads to _____ and ______-______
Frustration & Self-Doubt
The Biblical model we are called to when first experiencing the power of our ____ is to _______
Ego // Submit to God’s authority
When following the Biblical model, what is the way to “renew your mind”?
Not conforming to the patterns of the world ( selfishness and competition)
What was the illustration given in class to describe how to receive and filter information when following the Biblical model?💭📖
Filter thoughts through God’s word (force of your world is filtered through the word of God; a filter purifies anything that goes through it)
When we do this, what are we able to recognize and resist?
Temptations from the Devil (you can see how the devil is trying to bring you down so you exercise your will in negative behaviors)
When we follow this Biblical model. we are illustrating the horizontal model of _________
Cooperation
When following this model, what are the two reasons we have confidence in ourselves?
- HIs love for us
2.His unique gifts for us
(we are confident that God loves us and we are confident in the unique gifts that God has given us)
When following this model, what are the two reasons we remain humble?
- Inherit sin nature
2. Christ died for us
What will illustrate which of the above paths we have chosen?
Our actions
Knowing what is the correct/moral action to take and choosing not to follow it
Disobedience
Promoting others to choose actions that are immortal/ incorrect
Obstinent
Higher nature in human beings that enables them to reason critically and make moral judgements
Will
The science of the mind or of mental states and processes
Psychology
A continuous systematic series of actions taking place in a definite manner directed to some end
Process
The act of or need fro making up one’s mind
Decision
An area or range or personal distinctness characterized by specific qualities
Domain
Important or useful knowledge or facts obtained in some manner as input from some source
Information
What does Proverbs 26: 18-19 state? 🔥
“Like a maniac shooting flaming arrows of death is one who deceives their neighbor and says, ‘I was only joking!’
Provide an example of how you “exercise your will” or “ego” 🏃🏻♂️
-this is your personal experience-
you did something positive
The intake of information is a process called _______
Perceiving
The two manners in which individuals prefer to intake information are _______ & ___________
Sensing & Intuition
Once you gather information, you ________ the information in order to come to conclusions
Evaluate
The two manners in which individuals prefer to come to conclusions
Thinking
Feeling
The two psychological activities in which individuals operate in are
Judging
Perceiving
Individuals having the greatest energy by interacting with the external world of people, experiences, and activities are known as: 👯♀️👯♀️
Extrovert
Individuals having the greatest energy by interacting with the internal world of ideas, memories, and emotions are known as:🧠
Introvert
In combining these psychological preferences is one way better than another?❓
(recognize the way that you are uniquely created)
Choose one…
a. individuals exclusively use one preference or another
b. individuals use both preferences with one being more dominant
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Students with a ________ preference favor classes that give plenty of opportunity for reflection and deep thought💭
intraversion
Students with a ________ preference favor constantly exploring new ideas related to what they are studying🔎
perceiving
Students with a _________ preference favor looking at bigger concepts and ideas 💥
Intuition
Students with a ___________ preference critically analyze anything they are studying 🔬
thinking
Students with a _______ preference favor social interaction in classes and studying 📊
feeling
Students with a _________ preference favor gathering a lot of facts and details 📄
sensing
Students with a _________ preference favor classes and studies that come to clear conclusions 👁
judging
Students with a _________ preference favor classes that give plenty of opportunity for them to talk and discuss ideas 🗣
extrovert
Students with a ________ preference have a tendency to take action before decisions are clearly thought through 💭
extrovert
Students with a ________ preference have a tendency to make decisions quickly one a premonition or hunch ⏰
intuition
Students with a _______ preference have a tendency to believe that making the decision is the most important part of the decision-making process. 🤔
judging
Students with a ________ preference have a tendency to postpone decisions until they have more facts or information 📖
sensing
Students with a ________ preference have a tendency to make decisions through the internal thought process👤
introvert
Students with a _______ preference have a tendency to make decisions based on rational arguments that ignore valuable emotional information 🙄
thinking
Students with a _______ preference have a tendency to avoid decisions for fear of bringing pain to another person😖
feeling
Students with a _______ preference have a tendency to postpone or change decisions whenever any new information comes to light💡
perceiving
This story from Scripture was used in the chapter to illustrate how a group of people can be viewing the same situation at the same time, but process the data differently👥
The 12 spies to spy on Jospeh
Who were the two individuals who viewed the situation differently than everyone else?🧑🏻🧑🏽
Joshua and Caleb;
What was the debate about between the two individuals and the other ten?👳🏻♂️
Joshua and Caleb- They saw the greatness pf the land as evidence of God’s provision
Other ten- Fear based; They saw it as hopeless because they couldn’t see further
How does the story illustrate utilizing (to not utilizing) psychological strengths?💪🏼
Joshua & Caleb- Optimism
Other 10- Pessimism
**What are the patterns of the world (extra)
- Self-centeredness
2. Competition
** Life by the sinful nature in Galatians… doest have ______
God’s filter
**What does Proverbs 26: 18-19 mean?
You insult someone and cover it by saying you’re joking so its -manipulative- A ‘mad man shooting deadly arrows’ means that you are literally committing murder to someone by treating someone poorly. You can kill them spiritually, emotionally, or mentally; not only physically.
Why are decisions like problems?
You have different exercises of an ego or will and when you make a decision, someone isn’t going to get what they want
What is the problem with
they know the decision they make is going to hurt someone so they don’t even do the right thing because they don’t want to hurt someone. then they get end up hurting themselves and then they get irritated because people don’t recognize the good that they did.
