Often when twins who were separated at birth are reunited, they tend to focus on all of their similarities, while ignoring their differences. This is an example of
a. the Barnum effect.
b. the confirmation bias.
c. uncritical acceptance.
d. functional fixedness.
ANSWER: b
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