A lawyer has a copy of a videotape that shows her client being beaten very violently by two men.Her client is suing these men.The jury has already seen this video several times during the trial,and the lawyer is considering showing it many more times.Why might an expert social psychologist warn the lawyer against replaying the videotaped beating many more times?
A) because the jurors might become habituated to the beatings and thus grant less significance to the video in their final judgment
B) because the jurors might form a cognitive neoassociation about the aggression and thus feel less sympathy for the client
C) because the jurors might become cultivated by the beatings and thus try to avoid thinking about them when making their final judgment
D) because the jurors might be vulnerable to the weapons effect and thus be less likely to award a high settlement
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