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Myths and misconceptions about human behavior and mental processes held by introductory psychology students: A BISTOPS collaborative research project

2023-06-14

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Many people embrace myths and misconceptions about human behavior and mental processes, and even taking a course in psychology does not necessarily reduce these misconceptions and beliefs in myths. Holding such misunderstandings can have serious consequences on the decisions people make in their lives. Most studies about psychological myths have focused on relatively small samples and single institutions. A group...

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Literature Corpus work: 69fe0219-87e2-5486-a6d1-aa1fee13ea7b
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3035773/v1

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