Answer to Question #194463 in Psychology for masetle Modjadji

Question

What does the yerkes-Dodson law refer to

Answer 1

Yerkes-Dodson law refers to a psychological phenomenon where the performance of an individual at a particular task increases with physiological arousal, but only up to a point. After a while, the positive relationship between the two variables reaches a point of saturation, and excessive arousal leads to a deterioration in task performance. The law is named after psychologists Robert Yerkes and Dillingham Dodson, who first proposed it in 1908.