At the State Fair,you Enter a Couple of Different Contests

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Multiple Choice

At the state fair,you enter a couple of different contests.The first is a blueberry pie eating contest,in which the person who eats the most pies in two minutes wins.The second is a 100-yard dash in which you must balance an egg on a spoon with one hand and in the other hand carry a tray with eight glasses on it,and the person who reaches the finish line first while not spilling either the egg or the glasses wins.Given your knowledge of the Yerkes-Dodson Law,your arousal should be

• A) low for the pie eating contest and high for the egg-glasses race.
• B) high for the pie eating contest and low for the egg-glasses race.
• C) moderate for both contests.
• D) high for both contests.

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