Research on the Relationship Between Physiological Arousal and Performance Has

question 10

Multiple Choice

Research on the relationship between physiological arousal and performance has determined that:

• A) the optimal level of arousal for performance varies with task complexity.
• B) as arousal increases, performance increases to a point, but after that, further arousal serves to decrease performance.
• C) as arousal increases, performance always tends to decrease.
• D) as arousal increases, performance always tends to increase.
• E) both as arousal increases, performance increases to a point, but after that, further arousal serves to decrease performance AND the optimal level of arousal for performance varies with task complexity.

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