Liberty University Integration CPCE Practice Exam Answers

Liberty University Integration CPCE Practice Exam Answers

Which of Entwistle’s models of integration assumes incompatibility in which an either/or choice between psychology (science) and religion (Christianity) must be made?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models of integration might be described as “live and let live”?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models of Integration might be described by the statement: “Pastors handle spiritual problems and mental health professionals handle emotional problems”?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models of integration most closely resembles Carter and Narramores “Parallels Model?”

Neutral Parties Model

According to Entwistle, which model asserts that “All truth is God’s truth”?

Allies of One Sovereign God

Which of Entwistle’s models of integration involves selectively including, rejecting, and re-labeling psychological findings to reflect the theological perspective of the model builder?

Colonialist Model

Which of Entwistle’s models emphasizes God’s Word over God’s Works?

Colonialist Model

MacArthur construed psychology as a pseudo-science and a rival gospel; in fact, he identified psychology as one of the “three deadly influences that undermine…spiritual life.” Which of Entwistle’s models most represents MacArthur’s view?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models supports the view that Scripture is sufficient for all psychological needs?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models supports the idea of Nouthetic Counseling—people are not sick but sinful?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models supports the belief that psychology and religion (Christianity) are fundamentally incompatible?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models suggests that psychology might help us understand why one individual struggles with certain sins while the same sins are not tempting for another individual, and theology reminds us that we all struggle with sin in some form?

Allies of One Sovereign God

Which of Entwistle’s models best describes the approach of Liberty University’s graduate counseling program?

Allies of One Sovereign God

Which of Entwistle’s models filters “isolated psychological findings through proof-texts or worldview; accepts or rejects findings without engaging discipline or methods of psychology”?

Colonialist Model

In which of Entwistle’s models are “psychological and theological methods utilized to gain a more holistic and unified understanding of truth”?

Allies of One Sovereign God

Which of Entwistle’s models views psychology and theology as distinct and not interacting and that they can be carried out through psychological neutrality and Christian neutrality?

Neutral Parties Model

In which of Entwistle’s models will you find psychologists who seek to identify religious elements that have psychological benefits?

Spies Model

In which of Entwistle’s models will you find those who practice a watered-down religion and are interested in proclaiming its psychological benefits?

Spies Model

Which of Entwistle’s models most closely represents the views of Freud, Ellis, and Maslow?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models most closely represents the views of Jay Adams?

Enemy Combatants Model

Which of Entwistle’s models most closely represents the views of Clement, Jeeves, and Myers?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models most closely represents the views of Allport, Peck and Moore?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models includes counselors who see psychology as “foreign soil that has not been worked”?

Colonialist Model

In which of Entwistle’s models are religious or Christian commitments of scientists/counselors compartmentalized?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models is also known as the Levels of Explanation model?

Neutral Parties Model

Which of Entwistle’s models includes the ideas of “multi-faceted” and “unique underlying truths”?

Allies of One Sovereign God

What does Entwistle call people who use a watered-down version of Christianity, removing anything they don’t like about it, and adding some psychology?

Domestic Spies

What does Entwistle call people who are primarily secular counselors, but they add some religious or spiritual components if they think it will be useful?

Foreign Spies

What does Entwistle call people who believe that counseling should only be done by Christians, and not psychologists, psychiatrists, or other unbelievers?

Christian Combatants

What does Entwistle call people who believe that counseling should only be done by psychologists and psychiatrists, and not by Christians/believers?

Secular Combatants

What methodology is used by both psychology and theology?

Rational Inquiry

What is the most significant principle/concept that allows for integration of psychology and theology?

Unity of Truth

What is a “window through which a person views the world”?

Worldview

What concept is demonstrated when a Christian counselor uses both psychology and theology in a counseling session?

Applied Integration

What foundational competence is not being emphasized enough in Christian counseling programs?

Spiritual Formation

McMinn uses what term to describe a counselor who is able to consider simultaneously: psychology, theology, and spirituality.

Multi-tasking

What is the best indicator of success in psychotherapy?

Strong therapeutic relationship

What term is used to refer to how the Bible gives us standards for what should be?

Axiological Role

Which of Entwistle’s subtypes includes people who believe that Scripture can essentially function as a psychology text?

Christian Combatants

What is an integration problem for both scientists and theologians?

Dual expertise

According to Entwistle, what should Christian counseling focus on?

Empirical validation

McMinn believes that Christian counseling is more complex than other forms of counseling because Christian counselors have

Multi-faceted goals

To what does McMinn compare Maslow’s hierarchy of needs?

Fruit of the Spirit

The seven different types of prayer in counseling suggested by McMinn.

1) praying for clients outside of sessions,
2) silently praying for clients during the sessions,
3) devotional mediation outside sessions,
4) Devotional mediation during sessions,
5) Training with in-session prayer and homework,
6) occasional in-session prayer,
7) routine in-session prayer

According to a chart that McMinn designed, there were 3 examples of a faulty sense of self.

1) self-absorption,
2) self-hate,
3) lack of self-restraint

When faced with the reality of fallen human nature, McMinn believes we are left with three choices.

1) do nothing, to stand paralyzed in a state of shame and proclaim our worthlessness.
2) to confess our fallen nature, find ways of making restitution when appropriate, accept forgiveness, and be restored to healthy relationships.
3) seek comfort through means other than confession.

Know the 7 Reasons for Forgiveness Scale.

1) Forgiveness helps me get on with my life. Otherwise I would think about it all the time.
2) I want to keep peace in our relationship.
3) I understand why he/she did it (going through a rough time
4) I’ve done bad things too and have been forgiven. I love this person.
5) It’s not that big of a deal.
6) If I had behaved differently, it wouldn’t have happened.
7) Forgiveness is the right thing to do.

Know the 4 examples given by McMinn of a faulty awareness of need.

1) victim role,
2) bitterness,
3) cynicism,
4) helplessness.

According to McMinn, effective counseling requires an ongoing assessment of three areas.

1) goals,
2) the client,
3) of the counselor

McMinn describes five ways to confront a client.

1) Pondering,
2) Questioning,
3) Silence,
4) Direct Censure,
5) Not Confronting

The 3 examples of faulty healing relationships proposed by McMinn.

1) splitting,
2) dependence,
3) exploitation.

The 3 elements in McMinn’s pattern for healing.

1) Accurate sense of self,
2) accurate awareness of need,
3) healing relationships

What is McMinns 5-part view of the relationship between Christian counseling models and the scientific method?

1) ) Christian counselors act as if their methods are validated or they don’t need to be.
2) this view is dangerous and alienates Christian counselors from their colleagues.
3) to be understood, we must use language of science.
4) must scientifically demonstrate their unique interventions & their effectiveness.
5) Research Evidence for Christian techniques is sparse/needs to be validated.

McMinn’s 6 personal and professional challenges facing Christian counselors

1) Moving from two areas of competence to three (from “psychology and theology” to “psychology, theology, and spirituality”).
2) Blurred personal-professional distinctions.
3) Expanding definitions of training.
4) Confronting dominant views of mental illness
5) Establishing a scientific base and
6) Defining relevant ethical standards.

3 parts of McMinn’s healing motif written throughout the narrative of human history that reflects a common pattern to healing and health.

1) Self-sufficiency leads to
2) brokenness which
3) draws us into community with God and one another.

Five keys to a Christian Theocentric worldview.

The essential unity of truth is recognized as grounded in a transcendent God who created an orderly world
2. Human capacities are seen as God-given, to be guided by intellectual and moral virtues and resulting in adoration of God.
3. Reality is seen as a holistic unity composed of physical, social, psychological, and transcendent phenomena.
4. Human finitude, frailty, and the individual and corporate (communal) effects of sin are recognized as limiting factors in the pursuit and acquisition of knowledge.
5. Various means of epistemic inquiry (e.g., rational discourse, empirical investigation, etc.) are recognized as means of evaluating truth claims, though each has unique strengths, limitations and areas of application that make them relevant to different forms of epistemic application (p.106)

Four questions answered by a worldview.