Exposure to media violence
A. increases people's sense of the pain and suffering brought about by aggression.
B. raises inhibitions against behaving aggressively.
C. sensitizes people to violence.
D. predisposes people to view nonaggressive acts by others as aggressive.
Answer: D
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