Understanding of Religion in Psychology

In this lesson, we will be asking the question of why people have religious beliefs and exploring the way in which psychology attempts to explain the answer.

Understanding of Religion in Psychology

In this lesson, we will be asking the question of why people have religious beliefs and exploring the way in which psychology attempts to explain the answer.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Freud - religion as wish fulfillment.
  2. Jung - religion as collective unconscious.

Equipment

You will need two different coloured pens: black or blue and another coloured pen, such as green or red.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Sociology is......
Being subject to harsh treatment
The study of people's social lives
Correct answer: The study of society
Q2.
Karl Marx was a Russian phlebotomist
Correct answer: False
True
Q3.
Marx said that Religion was created by the _________ to control the ________
Poor, Rich
Correct answer: Rich, Poor
Teachers, Students
Q4.
Marx was famously quoted as saying Religion is what?
A safety net
Jolly fun
Correct answer: The opiate of the masses
Q5.
Which of these could be ways that religion oppresses people?
Correct answer: All of the above
Through laws
Through the school system

5 Questions

Q1.
Who is known as the father of modern psychology?
Carl Jung
Correct answer: Sigmund Freud
Q2.
What is the word for an innate idea of something?
Correct answer: Archetype
Archie TYPE
Q3.
Why did Freud say that we have religious belief?
Because God is real
Correct answer: Because we need the idea of God as a father figure to give us comfort
Q4.
What is a NDE?
A feeling of awe and wonder
Correct answer: Near-Death Experience
Something that goes against the laws of nature
Q5.
What is psychology?
The study of society
Correct answer: The study of the human mind

Lesson appears in

UnitReligious education / Non-religious world views

Religious education