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

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The correct answer is A. The study of twins reared apart made in Minnesota concluded that, although the environmental factors and external influences were significant, still the genetic factors were stronger and the genetic similarity was kept.  The separated  twins mantained the similarity of twins that were reared together.