Chapter 2 Learning Objectives.

Define “worldview.”
Explain their worldview and explain how it intersects with modern psychology along the five worldview issues.
Describe a Christian view of God.
Describe a Christian worldview of the nature of Mankind.
Define and describe epistemology from a Christian perspective.
Describe a Christian view of moral absolutes.
Describe a Christian perspective of the causes for mental pain & suffering.
Describe the history and influence of naturalism on psychology and other sciences.
Describe how naturalism changed psychology.
Describe the limitations of naturalistic descriptions of Mankind.
Describe the history and influence of Darwinian evolution on psychology.
Name several of the father’s of modern psychology who were atheists.
Define Biblical anthropology.
Describe Sigmund Freud’s worldview on the nature of Mankind and contrast his view with a Christian view of the nature of Man.
Describe behaviorism and radical behaviorism’s claims about the nature of Mankind and contrast behaviorism with a Christian view of the nature of Mankind.
Describe reductionism and describe its implications on the nature of Mankind.
Describe humanism and contrast humanism’s beliefs about the nature of Man with a Christian view.
Define self-esteem. Evaluate “selfism” in comparison to Biblical anthropology.
Define epistemology. Describe a Christian view of knowledge.
Describe the “faith/Science dichotomy” and discuss a Christian view of science.
Describe the phrase “All Truth is God’s Truth” as it relates to a Christian worldview.
Describe general and natural revelation in relation to knowledge about the nature of Man.
Describe empiricism and its limits.
Describe the effect of sin on the study of psychology.
Describe moral relativism.
Describe various explanations for mental illness in terms of underlying worldview assumptions.
Describe the role of sin in a Christian understanding of mental pain and suffering.
Compare a Christian view of sin with moral relativism and humanism.
Describe counseling psychology. Explain the debate among Christian about counseling.