A factor that appears to play an important role in people's motivation to perform violent behavior is desensitization.Explain how desensitization negatively affects people.

Research highlights that TV and video game violence desensitizes people to violence.If people are desensitized to violence,they will be less likely to view violence as morally wrong.Desensitization to violence increases people's tolerance of violence and decreases their motivation not to act aggressively,thereby increasing the likelihood that they will act violently.