Sigmund Freud - Religious Belief as a Product of the Human Mind Evaluation Flashcards
(Negative) If we naturally desire to have sex with our parents, why did it end up socially unacceptable and biologically unsuccessful? Freud believes in _ strongly, so if our bodies desired this then we would have continued to do so from a primal age.
Evolution
(Positive) Freud has multiple case studies where he treated _ successfuly using the oediupus complex
patients
(Positive) Freud’s theory is heavily rooted in _’s theory of evolution which is widely regarded as factual
Darwin
(Negative) Darwin’s theory of the _ _ was speculation rather than evidential
primal horde
(Negative) It is now thought early humans grouped in many ways and not just in _
hordes
(Negative) Freud misinterpreted Darwin as Darwin conceded the primal horde had never been _
observed
(Negative) Not all societies have _
totems
(Negative) There is absolutely no proof at all that _ can be transmitted down hereditarily
guilt
(Negative) Freud was influenced by the _ theory of the “inheritance of acquired characteristics” which was never proved
Lamarckian
(Negative) Malinowski studied the _ Islanders and found no evidence of an oedipus complex, children were disciplined by their uncles
Trobriand
(Negative) In some cultures the _ is the dominant figure in the household
mother
(Negative) It is more likely that _, with its strict rules of sexuality causes the oedipus complex rather than the other way around
religion
(Negative) Freud had _ case studies, but then applied them universally
limited
(Negative) Freud fails to consider _ religions such as buddhism, with no God, or female centered cults.
Abrahamic
(Negative) Freud’s theories are not _
falsifiable
