Psych! 50 Great Myths of Pop Psych

The Rorschach inkblot test a valid measure of personality?

• True

• False

Can people be kinesthetic, visual or auditory learners? 

• True
• False

Can people be either predominately left-brained or right-brained? 

• True 
• False

What percentage of our brains do we use? 

• 10%
• 50%
• 75%
• nearly 100%

Can listening to Mozart improve your performance on an IQ test? 

• True 
• False

Are our preferences in a romantic partner a product of our culture?

• True 
• False

Is it possible to improve someone's performance through punishment? (think of the Milgram experiment)

• True 
• False

Can you tell if someone is lying my simply looking at their body language? 

• True
• False

Psychology is just a collection of interesting theories, all of which say something useful and all of which have something to offer. 

• True
• False

Psychology is based on testable empirical predictions where these predictions are tested tightly controlled experimental studies. 

• True 
• False