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Human Performancemedium#943

The Yerkes-Dodson law states that performance:

A

always increases with stress

B

decreases linearly with stress

C

increases with stress to an optimal point, then decreases with further stress

Correct
D

is unaffected by stress

Explanation

The inverted-U model shows performance improves with arousal/stress up to an optimum, then degrades if stress continues to increase.

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