According to the Yerkes?Dodson law, ____ (Yerkes & Dodson, 1908)

a. ?the ideal amount of arousal interacts with the complexity of a task to determine performance
b. ?performance and arousal function independently of each other, but are both impacted by task complexity
c. ?heightened arousal leads to heightened performance on complex tasks
d. ?dampened arousal disinhibits instinctive behaviors but inhibits acquired behaviors


ANSWER:
a

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