Research Examining the Expectations That Kids in Grades 7 Through

Multiple Choice

Research examining the expectations that kids in grades 7 through 11 have about drinking alcohol revealed that some of the students begin drinking because they think it will have positive effects on their social behavior and cognitive and motor skills, a phenomenon called

A) alcoholic myopia.
B) an expectancy effect.
C) opponent-process theory.
D) regressive alcoholism.