Regarding the popular pseudopsychology of astrology, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. If astrologers are asked to match people with their horoscopes, they do significantly better than would be expected by chance.
b. Astrologers have failed to scientifically explain why the positions of the planets at birth affect a person's future or why the moment of birth is more important than the moment of conception.
c. When the people in a study were sent a full 10-page horoscope of a famous mass murderer, 94 percent accepted it as their own.
d. One study of more than 3,000 predictions by famous astrologers found that only a small percentage were fulfilled.
A
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