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Persinger's God helmet

Quiz by Oak National Academy: KS3 Religious education

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  • Q1
    What does scepticism encourage us to do?
    to always follow the opinions of experts
    to believe in supernatural explanations
    to doubt things and ask for evidence before accepting them as true
    to accept things without questioning them
    30s
  • Q2
    How did Michael Persinger approach the study of religious experiences?
    by stimulating the brain to study its effects on religious feelings
    by conducting interviews with people who claimed to have had them
    by interpreting religious texts to understand the nature of divine encounters
    by dismissing religious experiences as purely imaginary and unworthy of study
    30s
  • Q3
    The God Helmet experiment used ______ lobe stimulation to create religious-like experiences.
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    30s
  • Q4
    Which of the following does Persinger’s experiment suggest about religious experiences?
    that they are only linked to religious individuals
    that they are proof of God’s existence
    that they can be artificially induced by brain stimulation
    that they are universally experienced by all people
    30s
  • Q5
    Why might some argue that Persinger's experiment does not disprove the existence of God?
    it doesn’t explain why humans have the capacity for spiritual experiences
    it shows that brain activity is unrelated to religious experiences
    it proves that religious experiences are just a trick of the mind
    it only shows how God might use the brain to communicate with humans
    30s
  • Q6
    Which of the following is a key criticism of Persinger's God helmet experiment?
    the experiment did not include a diverse range of participants.
    the findings are unreliable due to the difficulty of replicating the results
    the experiment did not take the participants’ expectations into account
    the experiment was only conducted on religious people
    30s

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