Part 1 Instructions
    There are 12 statements below about human behavior and mental processes. Please indicate if you have heard the statement or a very similar statement before. Then indicate how likely the statement is to be true or false and provide a brief explanation for your answer.
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    1. Playing Mozart’s music to infants does not boost their intelligence.
    2. Astrological signs (Aries, Taurus, Gemini, etc.) predict personality at better than chance levels.
    3. Personality is mainly determined by birth order.
    4. Most mentally ill people are not violent.
    5. If more people are present at an emergency, there is a lower chance that someone will intervene and help.
    6. Deeply depressed people are the only people who commit suicide.
    7. People with high IQs are more likely to have psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia.
    8. When dying, people pass through a universal series of psychological stages.
    9. Bipolar disorder does not always causes mood swings.
    10. Reversing letters is not the defining feature of dyslexia.
    11. Low self-esteem is not a major cause of psychological problems.
    12. Most people experience a midlife crisis in their 40s or early 50s.
    Part 2 Instructions
    Below are 10 statements about the natural world. Please indicate whether you think each statement is true or false, or if you don't know.
    Before you click the submit button: The submit button should take you to a new page verifying that your answers have been submitted.
    If that does not happen, there may be one or more questions you did not answer. Please provide the missing information, then submit again.