Starter quiz
- What does it mean to be grateful for something?
- to be angry about something
- to be jealous about something
- to be thankful for something ✓
- to be unhappy about something
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- What practice involves focusing the mind, often to achieve a calm and relaxed state?
- daydreaming
- exercise
- meditation ✓
- reading
- sleeping
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- What is a condition where someone can't control the urge to engage in a certain behaviour or use a substance, despite negative consequences?
- addiction ✓
- allergy
- anxiety
- amnesia
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- What term means all powerful?
- omnibenevolent
- omnipotent ✓
- omnipresent
- omniscient
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- Which of these is not typically a religious belief about the afterlife?
- that people are able to spend eternity with God in heaven after death
- that people have a time of waiting after death before moving on
- that people are reincarnated into other living things after death
- that people cease to exist at death and do not live on in any way ✓
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- What term refers to information or facts used to support a claim?
- arguments
- assumptions
- evidence ✓
- guesses
- hypotheses
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Exit quiz
- Match the key terms below to the correct definitions.
- prayer⇔speaking or communicating with a higher power ✓
- secular⇔not having any connection with religion or spiritual things ✓
- mindfulness⇔having a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts ✓
- What term means a state of wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life and contribute to their society?
- 'mental health' ✓
- According to a 2019 National Volunteer survey (UK), what percentage of people found that their mental health had improved since they started volunteering?
- 17%
- 27%
- 57%
- 77% ✓
- 97%
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- Which of these is a religious practice which could be linked to good mental health?
- believing in a higher power
- believing that there is life after death
- praying regularly to a higher power ✓
- feeling that there is a purpose to life
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- What did Carl Jung suggest to Rowland Hazard to help him overcome his addictions?
- attending a religious service
- speaking to a religious leader
- connecting with a higher power ✓
- connecting with other people
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- Which of these statements is most accurate?
- volunteering is always connected to a religious belief
- mindfulness is always a secular activity
- writing daily gratitudes is always a religious activity
- both religious and secular activities can help people feel connected to others ✓
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Key learning points
- Some evidence suggests religious belief can be beneficial for mental health.
- Some evidence suggests religious practices can be beneficial for mental health.
- Some people may dispute the claim that religion is beneficial for mental heath.
Common misconception
That all forms of religious belief and practices will have mental health benefits.
Religion is a very broad term and different beliefs and practices will have different effects on different individuals.
Keywords
Higher power - a spirit or being (such as God) that has great power and that can affect nature and the lives of people
Mental health - a state of wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life and contribute to their community
Mindfulness - the practice of maintaining a moment by moment awareness of our thoughts
Prayer - the act or ceremony of speaking to and communicating with God, a god or higher power
Secular - not having any connection with religion or spiritual things
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