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[Section 1: Integration of Psychology & Christianity (Q1-15)]
Q1. According to Entwistle's four models of integration, which model views psychology
as the dominant discipline while Christianity is subservient or reduced to a private belief
system with no legitimate role in psychological science?
A. The Rebuilder model
B. The Colonialist model
C. The Allies model
D. The Neutral model
B. The Colonialist model [CORRECT]
Rationale: The Colonialist model treats psychology as the dominant, objective science
while Christianity is relegated to subjective, private faith with no epistemic authority in
psychological inquiry. The Rebuilder (A) reverses this hierarchy, making Christianity
dominant. The Allies (C) seeks mutual dialogue. The Neutral model (D) attempts to keep
the two separate.
Correct Answer: B
Q2. Which integration model maintains that psychology and theology are separate
disciplines with different questions, methods, and domains, each valid in its own sphere
without direct integration?
,A. The Levels of Explanation model
B. The Colonialist model
C. The Spoiler model
D. The Transformational model
A. The Levels of Explanation model [CORRECT]
Rationale: David Myers's Levels of Explanation model holds that psychology and
theology ask different questions using different methods, operating as separate but
complementary disciplines. The Colonialist (B) subordinates one to the other. The
Spoiler (C) views the two as fundamentally incompatible. The Transformational model
(D) seeks to transform psychology through Christian spiritual formation.
Correct Answer: A
Q3. The Biblical Counseling movement (nouthetic counseling), associated with Jay
Adams, most closely aligns with which of Entwistle's integration models?
A. The Colonialist model
B. The Rebuilder model
C. The Allies model
D. The Levels of Explanation model
B. The Rebuilder model [CORRECT]
Rationale: Jay Adams's nouthetic counseling rebuilds psychology on a biblical
foundation, making Scripture the supreme authority and using psychological concepts
only when compatible with biblical teaching—characteristic of the Rebuilder model. The
Colonialist (A) makes psychology dominant. The Allies (C) seeks mutual dialogue.
Levels of Explanation (D) keeps them separate.
Correct Answer: B
,Q4. Which of the following best describes Diane Langberg's approach to Christian
integration?
A. Psychology should colonize theology, using scientific methods to evaluate religious
claims.
B. A Christian worldview should transform both the counselor and the counseling
process, with Scripture providing the interpretive framework for understanding human
nature and suffering.
C. Psychology and theology should remain entirely separate domains with no overlap.
D. Christianity is an illusion that psychology must debunk.
B. A Christian worldview should transform both the counselor and the counseling
process, with Scripture providing the interpretive framework for understanding human
nature and suffering. [CORRECT]
Rationale: Diane Langberg's approach emphasizes worldview transformation, where
Scripture shapes the counselor's understanding of personhood, suffering, and
redemption. Option A describes Colonialism. Option C describes Levels of Explanation.
Option D describes the Spoiler model (Freudian).
Correct Answer: B
Q5. Which integration model views the relationship between psychology and Christianity
as one of dialogue and mutual enrichment, where both disciplines contribute insights
without one dominating the other?
A. The Spoiler model
B. The Rebuilder model
C. The Allies model
D. The Neutral parties model
C. The Allies model [CORRECT]
, Rationale: The Allies model (also called the Integration model) views psychology and
theology as dialogue partners that mutually inform one another. The Spoiler (A) sees
them as incompatible. The Rebuilder (B) subordinates psychology to theology. The
Neutral parties model (D) keeps them functionally separate.
Correct Answer: C
Q6. The Christian Psychology model, associated with David Myers, most closely aligns
with which of the following?
A. Rejecting all psychological research as incompatible with biblical truth
B. Using psychological science within a Christian worldview framework, recognizing that
all truth is God's truth
C. Maintaining that psychology and theology ask entirely different questions with no
overlap
D. Treating Christianity as a psychological crutch or illusion
B. Using psychological science within a Christian worldview framework, recognizing that
all truth is God's truth. [CORRECT]
Rationale: David Myers's Christian Psychology approach integrates psychological
findings within a Christian worldview, affirming that all truth is God's truth whether
revealed in Scripture or creation. Option A describes the Rebuilder/anti-psychology
stance. Option C describes Levels of Explanation. Option D describes the Spoiler model.
Correct Answer: B
Q7. Which of the following is a signature characteristic of the Transformational
Psychology model?
A. Psychology dominates and theology is reduced to private belief