The Critical Finding of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared

question 102

Multiple Choice

The critical finding of the Minnesota Study of Twins Reared Apart (Bouchard,1994;Bouchard,Lykken,McGue,Segal,& Tellegen,1990) was that identical twins raised apart and together were ____.

• A)very similar to one another on nonreligious social attitudes,but quite far apart on occupational interests
• B)very similar to one another,whether the overall positive correlation for a particular characteristic was strong or weak
• C)very different from each other,depending on the families within which they were raised
• D)generally similar to each other on physical characteristics,but not on social characteristics

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