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Common Sense Psychology Quiz
Indicate whether each statement is true or false.
T F 1. The titles psychologist and psychiatrist refer to the same
profession.
T F 2. Psychologists study behavior and the mind, but not biology.
T F 3. Most psychologists believe that ESP exists.
T F 4. A person who is blind in one eye cant see depth and therefore cant fly
an airplane.
T F 5. Some people never dream.
T F 6. When we sleep, the brain sleeps as well.
T F 7. Negative reinforcement is the same as punishment.
T F 8. We cant do much to improve our memory.
T F 9. Eyewitness testimony is some of the best evidence used by police and
in court trials.
T F 10. In order to be creative, a person must be very intelligent.
T F 11. A persons intelligence is partially determined by brain size.
T F 12. Instinct determines many of our behaviors.
T F 13. The more motivated and aroused you are, the better your
performance will be.
T F 14. We can train babies to walk at an early age.
T F 15. There is not much society can do to help the mentally challenged.
T F 16. All psychologists do is therapy.
T F 17. Shock treatment is often used for people with anxiety.
T F 18. A correlation between two variables means that one of those variables
causes the other.
T F 19. Most of us would not follow instructions from an authority figure to
hurt another person.
T F 20. Opposite types of people attract each other.
T F 21. A person with schizophrenia has a split personality.
T F 22. How a person displays happiness depends on culture and upbringing.
T F 23. Most old people have some degree of senility.
T F 24. Many people come through adolescence with emotional scars and
conflicts.
T F 25. People with hypochondriasis pretend to be sick.
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