Research Examining the Physiological Responses of Rapists and Nonrapists to Descriptions

question 4

Multiple Choice

Research examining the physiological responses of rapists and nonrapists to descriptions of rape and consensual sexual activity has found that . . . ​

• A)neither rapists nor nonrapists found such descriptions sexually arousing.
• B)nonrapists were more aroused than the rapists by descriptions of violent sexual assault.
• C)nonrapists are not aroused at all by the descriptions of sexual assault.
• D)some, but not all, studies have found that rapists were more aroused by the descriptions of sexual assault than nonrapists.

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