Exam Topics A: REL 407/507 Buddhism and
Psychotherapy, in class, Oct 18
The exam will be in two parts. Part I, THE FIRST HALF OF THE EXAM,
will be on matters related to Writing Papers. Part II will be on
topics covered thus far in the readings and lectures. If you will not
be here on the exam date to take the exam, you must make prior
arrangements at least one week before. You must receive prior
permission for absence as well as to take the exam separately. Only
exceptional cases will be allowed.
The exam will be multiple choice, and as covered in the syllabus, will count 5% of your grade. There is only one right answer per question. If there appears to be more than one right answer, pick the best answer.
If you have any questions about the exam or the topics included in
the exam, please ask me. You can come in during office hours, make an
appointment or send me email.
From the "Writing Papers" links
Read the following essays and guidelines that are posted on the Writing Papers links on my web pages:
I. Four Keys to Writing in the Humanities
IV. Sentence Structure and Puncuation: Clauses and Commas
V. Writing: The Bridge between Consciousness and Unconsciousness
From the Readings and Lectures
Basic Buddhist concepts:
1. Who are: Siddharta Gautama, Sakyamuni Buddha, Devadatta, and Kisa
Gotami?
2. What are: The Four Noble Truths, The Three Marks of Existence, The
Three Jewels, The Three Baskets?
3. What are: Bodhisattva, upaya, two-fold truth, form and emptiness?
Buddhism-and-Psychotherapy as a Field:
4. According to Jeremy Safran, how do the constructivist
epistemologies of Buddhism and psychoanalysis differ in their
tendencies?
5. According to Safran, how do psychoanalysis and Buddhist practice
provide for the possibility of "re-enchantment"?
6. What was Jack Engler's original idea behind his saying, "You have
to be somebody before you can be nobody," and how has he changed his
views?
7. What are Engler's "four experiences of self"?
8. According to Robin Hertz, what are two of the major differences
between contemporary Mindfulness-based interventions such as
Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) programs, on the one hand,
and traditional paths of Buddhist practice, on the other, in terms of:
timeline, aims, and scope of experiences covered?
9. According to Richard Payne, what is the origin of the
psychotherapeutic notion of individuation, and how does it differ in
structure from some common forms of Buddhist paths of practice?
Jung's Archetypal Psychology
10. What is the Self for Jung and how is consciousness related to it?
11. What is individuation?
12. What are the psychological types?
13. What are anima and animus?
14. What is the shadow, where is to be found, and how does it come to
be formed?
15. What is Jung's view of transference and counter-transference?