Psychology Truth or Myth
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1. Students learn best when teaching styles are matched to their specific learning styles (ex: visual, auditory, kinesthetic). *
2. When you are born, you have all the cells in your brain that you will ever have. *
3. Most humans only use 10% of their brains. *
4. Most individuals who are labeled as ‘color blind’ see the world in black and white. *
5. The typical human could see a single candle flame from 30 miles away on a clear night. *
6. Our brain rests during sleep causing most brain activity to stop. *
7. The environments that you are exposed to can actually change the way your genes function and express traits. *
8.  The differences between the left and right hemispheres of the brain explain individual differences among learners. *
9. There is a close link between genius and severe mental illness. *
10. When preparing for a test, rereading the chapter is one of the least effective ways to improve retention. *
11. Eyewitness testimony has been proven to be highly reliable. *
12. Depression is caused by an imbalance of chemicals in the brain (specifically serotonin). *
13. If something happens to you at a particular location, you are more likely to remember the details of the event if you’re brought back to that same location. *
14. When babies first start to babble, it is impossible to identify what language(s) they are being exposed to; they all sound alike. *
15. Drinking alcohol kills neurons in the brain. *
16. Statistically, there is a positive correlation between strong but warm parenting and happiness of the child when they reach adulthood. *
17. Children born blind have noticeably different facial expressions of emotions, especially fear and embarrassment. *
18. Polygraph tests ("Lie Detectors") have been demonstrated to be at least 90% reliable in identifying people who are lying. *
19. Students recall only 10% of what they read. *
20. Studies comparing identical twins indicate that levels of intelligence are strongly genetic. *
21. Individuals with schizophrenia have two or more distinctly different personalities. *
22. Placebos (false medications, or ‘sugar pills’) are just as effective in treating most psychological disorders as actual medications. *
23. The more people witnessing an emergency, the less likely it is anyone will actually do anything to help. *
24. Having an infant frequently listen to the music of Mozart increases their IQ scores later in life. *
25. The best predictor for the success of a long-term romantic relationship is the similarity between the two partners. *
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