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Index
Cover Title Series About the Authors Copyright Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Introduction 1 BRAIN POWER
Myth #1 Most People Use Only 10% of Their Brain Power Myth #2 Some People Are Left-Brained, Others Are Right-Brained Myth #3 Extrasensory Perception (ESP) Is a Well-Established Scientific Phenomenon Myth #4 Visual Perceptions Are Accompanied by Tiny Emissions from the Eyes Myth #5 Subliminal Messages Can Persuade People to Purchase Products
2 FROM WOMB TO TOMB
Myth #6 Playing Mozart’s Music to Infants Boosts Their Intelligence Myth #7 Adolescence Is Inevitably a Time of Psychological Turmoil Myth #8 Most People Experience a Midlife Crisis in | 8 Their 40s or Early 50s Myth #9 Old Age Is Typically Associated with Increased Dissatisfaction and Senility Myth #10 When Dying, People Pass through a Universal Series of Psychological Stages
3 A REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
Myth #11 Human Memory Works like a Tape Recorder or Video Camera, and Accurate Events We’ve Experienced Myth #12 Hypnosis Is Useful for Retrieving Memories of Forgotten Events Myth #13 Individuals Commonly Repress the Memories of Traumatic Experiences Myth #14 Most People with Amnesia Forget All Details of Their Earlier Lives
4 TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
Myth #15 Intelligence (IQ) Tests Are Biased against Certain Groups of People My th #16 If You’re Unsure of Your Answer When Taking a Test, It’s Best to Stick with Your Initial Hunch Myth #17 The Defining Feature of Dyslexia Is Reversing Letters Myth #18 Students Learn Best When Teaching Styles Are Matched to Their Learning Styles
5 ALTERED STATES
Myth #19 Hypnosis Is a Unique “Trance” State that Differs in Kind from Wakefulness Myth #20 Researchers Have Demonstrated that Dreams Possess Symbolic Meaning Myth #21 People Can Learn Information, like New Languages, while Asleep Myth #22 During “Out-of-Body” Experiences, People’s Consciousness Leaves Their Bodies
6 I’VE GOT A FEELING
Myth #23 The Polygraph (“Lie Detector”) Test Is an Accurate Means of Detecting Dishonesty Myth #24 Happiness Is Determined Mostly by Our External Circumstances Myth #25 Ulcers Are Caused Primarily or Entirely by Stress Myth #26 A Positive Attitude Can Stave off Cancer
7 THE SOCIAL ANIMAL
Myth 27 Opposites Attract: We Are Most Romantically Attracted to People Who Differ from Us Myth #28 There’s Safety in Numbers: The More People Present at an Emergency, the Greater the Chance that Someone Will Intervene Myth #29 Men and Women Communicate in Completely Different Ways Myth #30 It’s Better to Express Anger to Others than to Hold It in
8 KNOW THYSELF
Myth #31 Raising Children Similarly Leads to Similarities in Their Adult Personalities Myth #32 The Fact that a Trait Is Heritable Means We can’t change it Myth #33 Low Self-Esteem Is a Major Cause of Psychological Problems Myth #34 Most People Who Were Sexually Abused in Childhood Develop Severe Personality Disturbances in Adulthood Myth #35 People’s Responses to Inkblots Tell Us a Great Deal about Their Personalities Myth #36 Our Handwriting Reveals Our Personality Traits
9 SAD, MAD, AND BAD
Myth #37 Psychiatric Labels Cause Harm by Stigmatizing People Myth #38 Only Deeply Depressed People Commit Suicide Myth #39 People with Schizophrenia Have Multiple Personalities Myth #40 Adult Children of Alcoholics Display a Distinctive Profile of Symptoms Myth #41 There’s Recently Been a Massive Epidemic of Infantile Autism Myth #42 Psychiatric Hospital Admissions and Crimes Increase during Full Moons
10 DISORDER IN THE COURT
Myth #43 Most Mentally Ill People Are Violent Myth #44 Criminal Profiling Is Helpful in Solving Cases Myth #45 A Large Proportion of Criminals Successfully Use the Insanity Defense Myth #46 Virtually All People Who Confess to a Crime Are Guilty of It
11 SKILLS AND PILLS
Myth #47 Expert Judgment and Intuition Are the Best Means of Making Clinical Decisions Myth #48 Abstinence Is the Only Realistic Treatment Goal for Alcoholics Alcoholics Myth #49 All Effective Psychotherapies Force People to Confront the “Root” Causes of Their Problems in Childhood Myth #50 Electroconvulsive (“Shock”) Therapy Is a Physically Dangerous and Brutal Treatment
Postscript Appendix References Index
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