Psychology 2065A/B Chapter 8: Psych of Religion Chapter 8 Flashcards

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2065A/B
• Professor: Joel Armstrong

Document Summary

2 general approaches to accounting for spiritual experiences. Ways in which religions and experiences may be related to each other. Burris and sani: immutable likeness of being and immutable self (is) scale. Back (definition: meaning of an experience is given and inherent, meaning of an experience is created, constructed into a mental event. Attribution processes: religiousness may lead to/cause experience (singular or general way of life) New experience functions as confirmation of one"s faith: experiences may lead you to adopt a religion or to change your current form of spirituality, reciprocal determinism: religion and experience cause each other in an interactive manner. Experience is a mediator of one"s personal faith and an avenue for its expression, and event to be interpreted in faith context: personal faith and experience may be determined by a third factor. Ex. seeing birth of one"s child -> express devotion to god and feel a sense of awe attributed to god: ontological approach.