Darrin Is a Good Piano Player

question 13

Multiple Choice

Darrin is a good piano player. If he is alone, he gets distracted and makes mistakes. At a recital with strangers, he also makes mistakes. His best performance is typically when family and friends are nearby. This is an example of the

• A) Yerkes-Dodson law.
• B) set-point theory.
• C) James-Lange theory.
• D) Cannon-Bard theory.

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Definitions:

Hawthorne Studies

A series of experiments conducted in the 1920s and 1930s that concluded social and psychological factors affect productivity and work conditions.