Practice Test

  1. The handout "The Western Creed" can be described as a:
    1. Product of the major Western religions
    2. Product of extreme scientific reductionism
    3. Product of Western philosophy
    4. Description of religious beliefs of Western pioneers
    5. All the above

  2. (T) According to your text, which of the following statements is FALSE based on the research findings? The more religious individual (vs. the less religious) is:
    1. Less likely to cheat on exams
    2. Less likely to use illicit drugs
    3. Less likely to engage in premarital sexual relations
    4. Less likely to engage in extramarital sexual relations

  3. (T) According to the study done by Shaver, Lenauer and Sadd, the most unhappy group is the:
    1. Antireligious
    2. Nonreligious
    3. Slightly religious
    4. Moderately religious
    5. Very religious

  4. Which of the following statements about the psychology of religion is FALSE?
    1. Its descriptive tradition tends to be hostile toward religion
    2. Reductionistic psychology tends to explain away religion
    3. It cannot evaluate religion's revelation or scripture
    4. It can assess the psychological state of the religious person
    5. It cannot evaluate the independent existence of the religious object (God)

  5. Which of the following is NOT an achievement or contribution of G. Stanley Hall?
    1. Introduced & promoted the questionnaire method in psychological research
    2. Mentored a number of important psychologists of religion
    3. Published the first research article on the psychology of religion
    4. Formally founded the first psychology laboratory in America
    5. Cofounded the American Psychological Association

  6. According to your instructor, a more informative approach to studying religion is to make the object of study.
    1. Institutional religion
    2. Personal religion
    3. World religion
    4. All the above
    5. Only a & c

  7. Which of the following is NOT a description of Roozen's new "religious style"?
    1. An indifference to personal prayer
    2. A mixing of Eastern, New Age & Western religious elements
    3. An emphasis on experience, growth & personal transformation
    4. An indifference to religious institutions
    5. A cafeteria approach to religious behaviors and practices

  8. Which of the following statements about the postmodern perspective is NOT true?
    1. Contends that our descriptions of reality are social constructions
    2. Tends to be suspicious of "objective facts"
    3. Contends that scientific research tends to revise its presuppositions
    4. Reveals the "human face" in scientific research
    5. Reveals that scientific research is not value-free

  9. Which of the following statements is better associated with religion than science?
    1. Answers why questions
    2. Interprets data and facts
    3. Presumes cause for things
    4. Goal is to predict and control

  10. According to your instructor, spirituality may be described as:
    1. The search for the sacred
    2. A belief system about God
    3. The search for meaning, unity & transcendence
    4. A non-institutional form of religion
    5. Both a & c