MacDonald and Colleagues at the University of Waterloo Researched How

question 326

Multiple Choice

MacDonald and colleagues at the University of Waterloo researched how alcohol myopia affects people's decisions about drinking and driving. The researchers found that, compared to sober people, intoxicated people had less negative attitudes toward drinking and driving and they had greater intentions of driving in situations where a __________________________ was present.

• A)facilitating cue
• B)blood alcohol level (BAL) greater than 0.08 percent
• C)sense of drunken invincibility
• D)cautionary indication

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