A Couple Comes to a Lab and Has Sexual Intercourse

question 61

Multiple Choice

A couple comes to a lab and has sexual intercourse first with no one observing, then comes back and has sex while hooked up to a variety of instruments to measure changes in erection and vaginal lubrication. This couple might have been participants in a study done by which researcher(s) ?

• A) William Masters and Virginia Johnson
• B) Alfred Kinsey and Clelia Mosher
• C) Alan Bell and Martin Weinberg
• D) Evelyn Hooker and Morton Hunt

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