Watching scenes of violence lowers the likelihood of future aggressiveness. Attacking inanimate objects reduces future aggression. Exposure to media violence does have one effect on everyone, no matter personality type or gender. Exposure makes everyone more likely to be aggressive. Exposure makes people feel more negative toward outgroups.
Exposure desensitizes people to violence.
Exposure makes people experience more negative feelings in general. Donna has been short of money and worried about her job security. The adaptation level phenomenon suggests that she will a. soon be financially worried again b. have much better self-esteem from now on c. behave much less aggressively from now on d. According to one view, we immediately screen out some people we meet on the basis of their observable characteristics, thereby excluding them from further consideration as acquaintances. Seeing someone or something over and over again sometimes increases liking.