Quiz: Psychology or Mythology?

The most popular drug in the world is alcohol.
1. True
2. False
People use only 10% of their brain's capacity.
1. True.
2. False
A full moon causes people to commit more crimes and behave more abnormaly.
1. True.
2. False.
Schizophrenia means split personality.
1. True.
2. False.
The overwhelming majority of people with diagnosed mental disorders do not engage in violence.
1. True.
2. False.
As people age, they sleep less at night.
1. True.
2. False.
Research shows that no significant learning occurs when information is given repeatedly during sleep.
1. True.
2. False.
Inside our brains are memories of everything we have ever experienced.
1. True.
2. False.
Hypnosis can reduce the pain of surgery or childbirth.
1. True.
2. False.
Venting anger reduces it.
1. True.
2. False.
The right brain is the more creative hemisphere.
1. True.
2. False.
Having children may be bad for your mental health.
1. True.
2. False.
The moon looks bigger on the horizon than overhead because the atmosphere acts like a magnifying glass.
1. True.
2. False.
Through hypnosis, some people can remember things from the first 6 months of life.
1. True.
2. False.
The way a mother feels for her new baby is instinctive, with a number of hormonal and psychological factors involved that always make for instant, positive bonding.
1. True.
2. False.
As the salaries of senior Queensland Health staff rise, so too does the price of rum in Port Moresby. One can conclude senior QH staff are benefitting from the rum trade.
1. True.
2. False.
About 85% of people rate positive sets of statements like horoscope profiles & pseudo-scientific personality tests as highly accurate for them personally, even though the statements could apply to many people.
1. True.
2. False.
Psychologists commonly work with people who are well.
1. True.
2. False.
Psychology is just a load of hyper-cognitive superior non-motor deconstructed idioms (or ‘jargon’.)
1. True.
2. False.
Think of a number between 1 and 10. Double it. Divide by 2. Take it away from the first number you thought of. Add 63. Divide by 9. Your answer = 7.
Psychologists can read minds?
1. True.
2. False.

Quiz: Psychology or Mythology?

Supporting National Psychology Week, Psychology Services for the Northern Area Health Service offer you our "Mythbuster Quiz". Answers and your score pop up as you click 'True' or 'False'.