Masters and Johnson's original participants in the study of human sexual response were
A) prostitutes.
B) church elders and parishioners.
C) prisoners in the local jails.
D) volunteers from introductory psychology classes.
Answer: A
Rationale: Starting in the 1950s, researchers William Masters and Virginia Johnson described the human sexual response cycle based on their observations of 27 male and 118 female prostitutes who agreed to masturbate or have intercourse while under observation.
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