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Masters and Johnson's Research on Human Sexuality
In 1966, William Masters and Virginia Johnson published a landmark study on the physiological aspects of human sexual behavior. Their research, which involved observing nearly 700 individuals in almost 10,000 sexual acts, gathered empirical data on physiological responses, leading to their model of the sexual response cycle, and also provided key insights into reproductive anatomy.
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A researcher is studying human sexual behavior. Which of the following research questions could only be answered definitively using direct physiological observation of participants, a method pioneered in the mid-20th century, rather than relying on self-reported data from surveys or interviews?