Psychopharmacology Quiz No. 87: Correct Answers and Brief Explanations

Have you found that answering quizzes is one of the BEST ways to learn psychopharmacology (and almost anything else)? If so, it is important for your learning that you take this short quiz.

This is Psychopharmacology Quiz No. 87 on this website. Links to the other quizzes are provided at the bottom of this page.

Of the following three statements, which ones are True and which ones are False? All you have to do is quickly say “True” or “False” in your mind  for each of them.

Then, click on “Click here to see the answer” (below each question) to see if you were right and, if not, to see the correct answers. Brief explanations of the correct answers will also be provided, but are optional to read.

Question no. 1:  True or False? The Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2020 – 2025 (Ninth Edition) recommends two cups (or equivalent) of fruit per day

Question no. 2:  True or False?  The positive and negative predictive values of a screening or diagnostic test change based on the probability (before the test is done) that the person being tested has the condition being tested for.

Question no. 3: True or False? The term therapeutic illusion refers to the belief that an intervention has therapeutic effects even when it is, in fact, ineffective.