Facts about Yerkes-Dodson Law

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   Moderate arousal under the Yerkes-Dodson Law is associated with a zone of optimal functioning, a concept later expanded by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi into his theory of flow.

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   In sports psychology, the Yerkes-Dodson Law helps coaches understand why athletes may underperform under both excessive pressure and insufficient motivation.

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   A key application of the Yerkes-Dodson Law is that complex or unfamiliar tasks require lower arousal levels for optimal performance than simple or well-practiced tasks.

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   Originally demonstrated in 1908 by psychologists Robert Yerkes and John Dodson using mice navigating a maze with varying levels of electrical stimulus.

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   The Yerkes-Dodson Law proposes an inverted-U relationship between arousal and performance, with moderate arousal producing optimal results.

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