After exposure to thirty minutes of sexually explicit film, or erotic but not sexually explicit film, sexual arousal is measured in female and male subjects with a penile strain gauge or a vaginal photoplethysmograph. What is the independent variable in this study?

Question

After exposure to thirty minutes of sexually explicit film, or erotic but not sexually explicit film, sexual arousal is measured in female and male subjects with a penile strain gauge or a vaginal photoplethysmograph. What is the independent variable in this study?

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The independent variable in this study is the type of film exposure that participants receive, either sexually explicit or erotic but not sexually explicit. This is the variable that is being manipulated by the researchers to see its effect on sexual arousal.

After Exposure to Thirty Minutes of Sexually Explicit Film, or Erotic