In a 2008 Study Researchers Were Interested in Whether Women

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Multiple Choice

In a 2008 study researchers were interested in whether women favored more provocative clothing during more fertile times of the month. Ovulation cycles were mapped, hormonal contraceptives were not used, and the female participants came into the lab twice for urine samples. In addition to being photographed the female participants also completed a diverse array of assessments. The results indicated that:

• A) ovulating women planned on wearing more revealing clothing to a party than less fertile women.
• B) women who were more able to have sex without commitment wore less revealing clothes to the experiment irrespective of fertility.
• C) nonovulating women planned on wearing more revealing clothing to party than fertile women.
• D) women who were not able to have sex without commitment wore more revealing clothes to the experiment irrespective of fertility.

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