Naive+Idealism

toc = Definition: = A type of thought in which adolescents construct ideal solutions for problems. Gen Psych Chapter 8, pp. 242

= Examples: = A teen whose parents are divorced may idealize her noncustodial parent and believe that his or her life would be wonderful if only he or she could live with that parent.

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=In the News:= [] During the Enlightenment, it became commonplace among the smart set to think of religion as a force for evil. They had good reason to think it. The 17th Century saw some of the worst violence and the worst kind of crimes committed in the belief that its perpetrators were fighting God's fight. But whatever motivated these Christians to kill one another had nothing to do with genuine Christianity. This pathology that calls itself Christian derives from extreme forms of naive idealism.

[] 1979 proves the //naive idealism // taught to our youth in today's universities and colleges by biased and opinionated Political Scientists and Historians

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