TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Decision-Making in Altered States - Effects of Alcohol on Attitudes Toward Drinking and Driving
JO  - Journal of personality and social psychology
A1  - MacDonald, Tara K.
A1  - Zanna, Mark P.
A1  - Fong, G. T.
SP  - 973
EP  - 985
VL  - 68
IS  - 6
N2  - A laboratory experiment and 2 field studies tested the hypothesis that alcohol affects attitudes and intentions toward drinking and driving. Sober and intoxicated participants completed a questionnaire assessing their attitudes and intentions to drink and drive in a number of situations. Results indicated that when asked general or noncontingent questions, sober and intoxicated participants were equally negative about this behavior. However, when a contingency was embedded in the question (e.g., ''would you drink and drive only a short distance?''), intoxicated participants were significantly less negative about drinking and driving. These results are consistent with alcohol myopia (C. M. Steele and R. A. Josephs, 1990)-the notion that alcohol intoxication decreases cognitive capacity so that people are more likely to attend to only the most salient cues.<p />
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SN  - 0022-3514
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -