Fun Facts about Psychology

Question 1

At one time the cure for mental disorders was to chip a hole in the skull in order to allow the evil spirit to escape.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Addiction is a physical symptom but not a psychological one, therefore not a mental illness.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 3

People can be under so much stress that it causes spontaneous paralysis or seizures like symptoms.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Everyone dreams several times per night.

Accepted Answer

TRUE

Question 5

Multiple personalities is a type of schizophrenia.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 6

If hit in the back of the head, you could suffer blindness.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

Some people can write but are unable to read.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

Humans have the most brain cells when they are born.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Today’s Americans score considerably higher on IQ test than Americans did in the 1930s.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

People who have limbs amputated may feel pain in the nonexistent limb.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Under hypnosis, people can be induced to perform acts they would otherwise find immoral and impossible.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

The brain is divided into two free floating hemispheres.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 14

The current generation of teenagers suffer from the highest rate of mental illness than any other generation prior.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 15

Although our capacity for storing information is large, we are still limited in the number of memories we can form.

Accepted Answer

False

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