Regarding creativity, mental illness, and personality disorders, which of the following statements is FALSE?
A)In general, mentally ill people tend to be creative, and most highly creative people tend to suffer from mental illness.
B)One study found that parents with a history of mood swings, as well as their children, scored higher in creativity than did normal parents and their children.
C)Many of history's renowned artists, writers, poets, and composers, including Vincent Van Gogh, Edgar Allan Poe, Winston Churchill, and Ernest Hemmingway, experienced pronounced mood swings.
D)Creative people are unconventional and nonconforming primarily in their work; otherwise, they do not have unusual, outlandish, or bizarre personalities.

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Statement A is false because it overgeneralizes the relationship between mental illness and creativity. While there is some evidence suggesting a link between certain types of mental illness and creativity, it is not accurate to say that most highly creative people suffer from mental illness or that mentally ill people tend to be creative as a general rule.

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