In terms of watching violent media, cognitive priming is best described as
A) the activation of neural pathways with long-term exposure to aggressive media.
B) necessary for aggressive images to have a negative impact on viewers.
C) the activation of neural pathways so that ambiguous stimuli are perceived as similar to what was previously seen.
D) the understanding and reasoning that often is lacking when adolescent view aggressive stimuli.
Answer: C
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