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True or False

1. Stress causes cancer.
2. There is there is strong scientific evidence for Extra Sensory Perception (ESP.)
3. Sleep deprivation and shift work are key contributors to industrial and automobile accidents.
4. An amount of LSD the size of an aspirin tablet is enough to product psychoactive effects in over 300 people.
5. Prejudiced and superstitious peoples are born that way.
6. B.F. Skinner raised his daughter in a cage-like “Skinner box,” which led to her adult mental illness.
7. Sex and gender are essentially the same.
8. Mental disorders are a sign of personal weakness.
9. Asking a depressed person about suicide will push him or her over the edge and cause a suicidal act that would not otherwise have occurred.
10. Most peoples judge others more harshly than they judge themselves.
11. Romantic love rarely lasts longer than 1 or 2 years.
12. Similarity is one of the best predictors of long-term relationships.
13. Polygraph (“lie detector”) tests can accurately and reliably reveal whether or not a person is lying.
14. In an emergency, as the number of bystanders increases, your chance of getting help decreases.
15. Your first hunch on a multiple-choice test is your best guess.

Answers

1. False
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. False
7. False
8. False
9. False
10. True
11. True
12. True
13. False
14. False
15. False