Question

esearch 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

Answer 1

an expectancy effect.

Step-by-step explanation:

This phenomenon is the Expectancy effect. Which happens due to an erronous belief held by the students (the perceivers) about drinking alcohol (the target), which led the students or perceivers to act in such a manner so as to get the expected effect from the target (alcohol). The students resorted into drinking alcohol thinking it would have positive effects on their social behavior and cognitive and motor skills.