Anthropological Foundations for Clinical Psychology: a proposal (1) (Essay) (Brugger, E. Christian)
2. The author argues that it is impossible for psychotherapy to have a values-free approach because
a. even atheistic psychotherapists, like Albert Ellis, are religious.
b. every psychotherapist makes a value judgment when assuming that some conditions of mental health and human experience are better than others. In other words, all dysfunctional behavior is defined by a departure from someone’s view of what right-functioning should be.
c. scientific research is increasingly producing a more uniform consensus about what constitutes good mental health. Therefore, right-functioning behavior is derived not from an abstract account of human nature but from empirical evidence.
d. most people are guided by a “Golden Rule” inherent in their conscience.

3. This article asserts which as TRUE?
a. The problems of human origin, good and evil, and human suffering can be adequately explained by the method of rigorous, empirical observation.
b. Non-theistic and theistic accounts of human nature face the same test: to articulate a reasonable argument for defending an account that is derived from philosophy and/or theology and not derived from empirical observation alone.
c. A materialist and evolutionary view of human nature sees suffering as containing a positive meaning within it.
d. Animals deserve to be treated with the same dignity as human beings, and, in some cases, with greater dignity.

Clinical practice with religious/spiritual issues: niche, proficiency or specialty (Hathaway, William L.)
4. The author argues that clinical practice with RSI (religious/spiritual issues) should move from a niche domain to a more formalized specialty for all the following reasons EXCEPT
a. More clients who need therapy would seek it out if they could find a therapist with the same faith tradition.
b. Managed care companies sometimes ask if prospective providers do “Christian counseling” simply because there is a demand for such.
c. Numerous clinical studies have found a benefit for “religiously accommodative practice“.
d. Having a formalized specialty for RSI would enable therapists to win converts to their particular faith tradition.

Diversity and the god image: examining ethnic differences in the experience of god for a college-age population (Report)
(Hoffman, Louis ; Hoffman, John L. ; Dillard, Kei ; Clark, Jessica ; Acoba, Reyno ; Williams, Fred ; Jones, Tiffany T.)
5. This study examined ethnic group differences in the emotional experience of God for a college-age population. Questionnaire items such as “God is always there for me”, “God still loves me even when I do bad things”, and “I can talk to God on an intimate basis” addressed which God image area?
a. Egocentric
b. Growth
c. Benevolence
d. Acceptance

Emotion as an integrative topic: an analysis of faithful feelings (Beck, James R.)
6. According to Matthew Elliott’s book, Faithful Feelings, which is NOT true?
a. It is possible to have a purely rational system of ethics, devoid of emotion.
b. Emotion and cognition are constantly interacting.
c. Proponents of a non-cognitive view of emotion, such as Plato, Descartes, and Hume, failed to properly explain the behavior of emotion.
d. During the era in which the New Testament was written, Hellenistic philosophers, the Epicureans, and the Stoics all shared a basic conviction that emotions can and should be governed and controlled; they are not wild, irrational inevitabilities that simply must be suppressed.

7. What does Matthew Elliott conclude about the New Testament teaching about emotion?
a. The New Testament commands us to control negative emotions (like anger), but it does not command us to develop positive emotions.
b. Agape love in 1 Corinthians 13 is not an emotional love but an action-based love.
c. Understanding the ordinary meaning of a word as it was used at the time the New Testament was written helps us conclude that the command to love is not entirely devoid of emotion.
d. God does not possess emotion as we understand it.

Journal File
(Review of article “Newlyweds and sex: What's going on for Christian couples?” in MARRIAGE & FAMILY: A CHRISTIAN JOURNAL Vol. 7(1), 99-110 by Floyd, S. (2004).
8. What is actually TRUE about sexual behavior in marriage?
a. With most sexual problems, the man is viewed as the source of the problem.
b. Usually a husband and wife will reach orgasm at the same time.
c. Sex is God's gift, it is a learning process, it may be painful, and it may not always be wonderful.
d. Usually, sex is natural, easy, and spectacular.

Sex and gender differences in religiousness and spirituality (Report) (Simpson, David B ; Cloud, Dinah S. ; Newman, Jody L ; Fuqua, Dale R.)
9. Which was a result of this particular study?
a. The women in this study were more spiritual than the men.
b. Both the men and women of this study were capable of communicating internally with God.
c. The men were more interested in God’s power and knowledge.
d. The women had more of a “connected knowing” while men had more of a “separate knowing”.

10. The possibility that all humans, regardless of gender, might have a built-in ability to relate to God is suggested by Newberg, D'Aquili, and Rause’s study of
a. male and female hormones.
b. brain imaging.
c. genetic markers.
d. DNA samples.