False. There is no correlation between eyewitness’s confidence in testimony and accuracy. Further, most eyewitness testimonies can be ridden with inaccuracies, as memory can be manipulated (unintentionally).
False. Most facial expressions are genetic-based. For instance, blind babies still smile. Cross-cultural research shows facial expression of emotion to be similar (across cultures).
False. The first and last words on the list are more likely to be remembered, as the middle words would have more interference from the top and bottom of the list.
False. Schizophrenia does not involve split personality. The condition where a person exhibits ‘many personalities’ is known as dissociative identity disorder.
False. The more people there are observing an emergency, the less likely it is that the victim(s) will get help. This is called the diffusion of responsibility.
False. Psychologist William James doubted that average person’s ability to achieve more than about 10% of their intellectual potential, which was then transformed from “10% of our capacity” into “10% of our brain.”
False. We tend to use a likes-attract rule based on preference for partners who are similar to ourselves across a number of characters; humans want complimentary items.
False. The National Academy of Sciences (NAS; 2003) found that the majority of polygraph research is "unreliable, unscientific and biased."
False. Although Tourette’s syndrome is marked by involuntary speech (which is not always swearing), it has more commonly involuntary body tics (such as shaking for no reason).
False. Science is marked by some of the following items: uses empirical methods, objectivity, allows for hypothesis testing, results can be replicated, etc. In Psychology, the same standards are applies for research and better understanding
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