A nurse planning teaching for a parent group concerned with preventing family violence can discuss the fact that exposure to violence in the media:
a. Desensitizes people to the violence around them
b. Has no effect on the increase of violence in society
c. Broadens the viewer's knowledge about world happenings
d. Helps to distinguish appropriate behaviors from inappropriate behaviors
ANS: A
Violence in the media has been shown to desensitize people to environmental violence. De-sensitization to violence results in people being apathetic about the violence going on around them. The remaining options are not true statements.
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