Psychology / Unit 9 Psych 1015 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Sexual Response Cycle
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The idea
Masters and Johnson described a four-phase physiological sexual response cycle: excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution.
In practice
Measured physiological changes followed this sequence across their laboratory sample.
Where people slip
The model describes physiology in a volunteer sample and does not describe desire, context, or variation well.
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