What Principle Is Demonstrated by the Findings That Stimulation of the Genitals

question 112

Multiple Choice

What principle is demonstrated by the findings that stimulation of the genitals elicits sex-related behaviors in a male animal whose spinal cord has been cut?

• A) Male sexual behavior can at times appear to be brainless.
• B) The brain is not required for the sexual reflexes of erection and ejaculation.
• C) Sexual orientation is dependent on spinal mechanisms.
• D) Pathways from the hypothalamus to the spinal cord are key to sexual behavior.
• E) Sexual reflexes cannot occur without the brain.

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