Introduction: What is religion? Man’s search for meaning; Secular and sacred; The psychology of religion; Eastern and Western religions; The golden rule; Life after death. Religion’s Effect on Cognition: The God concept; Science and fundamentalism; William James - personal mystical experience; Sigmund Freud, religion as an illusion; Karl Jung, spiritual synchronicity; Abraham Maslow, peak experience; Altered states and transcendence. Religion’s Effect on Behavior: Gordon Allport, extrinsic / intrinsic beliefs; Albert Ellis, rational-emotive behavioral therapy; Social attitudes and morality; Alfred Adler, motivation and social goals; Erik Erikson, personality development; Ritual and rites of passage; Mass psychology of religion; Psychology as a religion.

DVD / 35 min / 2007 / SKU 80026/ $199

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