AP PSYCHOLOGY

MOTIVATION EMOTION AND STRESS

MOTIVATION AND EMOTION

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The Yerkes-Dodson Law predicts that most people would perform an easy task best if they are at a (guess ____ think about if you were doing something easy for you, running, dancing, putting up groceries ____ what would keep you at that)?
A
high level of arousal
B
low level of arousal
C
baseline state
D
level of self-actualization
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -high level of arousal. The Yerkes-Dodson law predicts that most people perform easy tasks best at high levels of arousal and difficult tasks best at low levels of arousal.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Yerkes-Dodson law is a model of the relationship between stress and task performance. It proposes that you reach your peak level of performance with an intermediate level of stress, or arousal. Too little or too much arousal results in poorer performance.

Detailed explanation-3: -This relationship is known as Yerkes-Dodson law, which holds that a simple task is performed best when arousal levels are relatively high and complex tasks are best performed when arousal levels are lower.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Yerkes-Dodson Law suggests that there is a relationship between performance and arousal. Increased arousal can help improve performance, but only up to a certain point. At the point when arousal becomes excessive, performance diminishes.

Detailed explanation-5: -Once the arousal crosses the optimal level, performance of the individual starts to diminish. The law was first proposed by psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson in 1908. In their experiment, they discovered that rats could be motivated to complete a maze with slight electrical shocks.

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