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Human intuition is remarkably accurate and free from error

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False

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Most people seem to lack confidence in the accuracy of their beliefs.

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False

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Case studies are particularly useful because of the similarities we all share.

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False

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The opinions of 1500 randomly selected people can provide a very accurate picture of the opinions of an entire nation.

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True

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As a science, psychology is objective and value-free.

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False

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A small amount of brain tissue from a person cannot be distinguished from that of a monkey.

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True

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Electrically stimulating a cat's brain at a certain point can cause the animal to cower in terror in the presence of a small mouse.

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True

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We ordinarily use only 10 percent of our brains.

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False

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Some people can write but are unable to read.

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True

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If a blind person uses one finger to read Braille, the brain area dedicated to that finger expands.

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True

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Understanding illusions provides important clues to the ordinary mechanisms of perception.

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True

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We see objects as having the same size, shape, and color even though the images the objects cast upon our eyes change.

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True

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If required to look through a pair of glasses that turns the world upside down, we soon adapt and coordinate our movements without difficulty.

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True

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If people are told that an infant is "David," they are likely to see "him" as bigger and stronger than if the same infant is called "Diana."

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True

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Psychics have frequently been successful in helping the police solve crimes.

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False

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People prone to delinquency and violence have fewer vivid fantasies.

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True

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Most university students are "evening" persons whose performance improves throughout the day.

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True

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People who sleep seven to eight hours a night tend to outlive those chronically sleep-deprived.

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True

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The most common dreams are those with sexual imagery.

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False

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Most psychologists believe that dreams provide a key to understanding our inner conflicts.

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False

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Humans are the only animals that can learn behaviors merely by observing others perform them.

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False

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The study of inner thoughts, feelings, and motives has always occupied a central place in psychology.

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False

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Negative reinforcement is another term for punishment.

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False

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Psychologists agree that punishment, regardless of its form, has little effect on behavior.

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False

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Research indicates that televised violence leads to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

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True

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Memory storage is never automatic; it always takes effort

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False

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Memory aids (for example, those that use imagery and devices for organization) are no more useful than simple rehearsal of information.

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False

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When people learn something while intoxicated, they recall it best when they are again intoxicated.

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False

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How confident eyewitnesses are about what they saw is an important predictor of their accuracy.

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False

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Our experiences are etched on our brain, just as the grooves on a tape receive and retain recorded messages.

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False

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We notice evidence that contradicts our beliefs more readily than evidence that is consistent with them.

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False

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In general, people underestimate how much they really know.

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False

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It takes less compelling evidence to change our beliefs than it did to create them in the first place.

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False

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People who lack our words for shapes and colors also seem to perceive these features very differently.

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True

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Today's millionaires had well-above average college grades.

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False

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In general, people with high intelligence scores are more creative than people with low intelligence scores.

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True

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Today's Americans score higher on IQ tests than Americans did in the 1930s.

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True

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How quickly 2- to 7-month-old babies become bored with a picture is a useful predictor of later intelligence.

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True

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As adopted children grow older, their intelligence scores become more similar to those of their biological parents than to those of their adoptive parents.

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True

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Only human beings seem capable of insight (the sudden realization of a problem's solution).

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False

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Most abusive parents were themselves battered or neglected as children.

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True

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Nine of 10 high-school seniors agree with the statement, "On the whole, I'm satisfied with myself."

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True

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People in their twenties and thirties report greater life satisfaction than those in their sixties and seventies.

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False

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The first two years of life provide a good basis for predicting a person's eventual personality traits.

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False

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Descriptions of the feelings accompanying orgasm written by men cannot be distinguished from those written by women.

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True

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Research has shown that homosexuality is linked with problems in a child's relationships with parents.

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False

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When asked "What is it that makes your life meaningful?" most people mention "meaningful work" before anything else.

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False

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Married people are less at risk for depression, suicide, and early death than are unattached people.

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True

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The polygraph has proved to be extremely effective in detecting lies.

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False

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State lottery winners report little change in their general life happiness.

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True

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Half the mortality from the 10 leading causes of death is due to people's behavior.

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True

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Cancer rates are higher among concentration camp survivors.

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False

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Religious faith and health show a strong positive correlation.

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True

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Compared to others, pessimists are more than twice as likely to develop heart disease.

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True

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Freud believed that boys develop sexual desires for their mother when they are between 3 and 6 years of age.

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True

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Psychologists generally agree that painful experiences commonly get pushed out of awareness and into the unconscious.

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False

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A surprisingly strong relationship exists between body type or physique and personality.

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False

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Most people recognize that personality descriptions based on horoscopes are invalid.

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False

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Research has indicated that there is virtually no relationship between a student's being conscientious on one occasion (say, showing up for class on time) and being similarly conscientious on another occasion (say, turning in assignments on time).

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True

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The majority of people suffer from low self-esteem.

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False

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The American Psychiatric Association believes smoking can be a symptom of psychological disorder.

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True

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In some cultures, depression and schizophrenia are nonexistent.

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False

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Research indicates that in the United States there are more prison inmates with severe mental disorders than there are psychiatric inpatients in all the country's hospitals.

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True

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Dissociative identity disorder is a type of schizophrenia.

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False

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There is strong evidence for a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia

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True

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Psychoanalysis is another word for psychotherapy.

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False

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Regardless of their theoretical orientation, therapists agree that self-awareness is the key to overcoming psychological problems.

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False

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The training and experience of the therapist is a crucial factor in determining therapeutic success.

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False

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Many people have found relief from manic-depressive mood swings with a daily dose of a cheap salt.Many people have found relief from manic-depressive mood swings with a daily dose of a cheap salt.

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True

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Electroconvulsive therapy is no longer used in the treatment of psychological disorders.

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False

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