What do you know about psychology?

What do you know about Psychology?

Multiple Choice

What percentage of their brain do most people use?

• 20%

• 90%

• 10%

• 5%

• 100%

Reseach shows that there are no parts of the brain that are not used.

100%

Multiple Choice

When you look at something, tiny waves of energy are emitted from your eyes to help you see the object.

• True

• False

​Nothing is emitted from your eyes when you look at something.

Your eyes are receptive only

Multiple Choice

What composer’s music has been shown to increase the intelligence of infants?

• Brahms

• Mozart

• Any classical music

• Beethoven

• None of these has been shown to increase the intelligence of infants

​There is no evidence that listening to classical music (or any music for that matter) will increase the intelligence of infants.

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Your life is a lie!

Multiple Choice

All adolescents go through a time of great turmoil.

• True

• False

​Some, maybe, but not as a general rule

Multiple Choice

Psychologists have taught pigeons to distinguish paintings by Monet from those of Picasso.

• True

• False

It's True!

​That's Monet!

Multiple Choice

When traumatic events happen to people, they often repress the memories so they cannot recall the incident.

• True

• False

Memory research shows that most traumatic events result in more detailed, if not more accurate, memories.

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Multiple Choice

Research has demonstrated that dreams have symbolic meaning.

• True

• False

​Research into dreams has NOT concluded that they mean anything other than random brain activity based on recent events or thoughts.

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Multiple Choice

While sleeping, people can learn new information such as a new language.

• True

• False

You wish!

Multiple Choice

Our external circumstances determine our happiness.

• True

• False

Your happiness is up to you, not anything outside of you

Multiple Choice

People with schizophrenia have multiple personalities.

• True

• False

Schizophrenics do NOT have multiple personalities. That is Dissociative Identity Disorder.