The Idea That People Perform Best When Arousal Is Moderate

question 182

Multiple Choice

The idea that people perform best when arousal is moderate is captured by the ____.

• A) James-Lange theory
• B) Schachter-Singer law
• C) Yerkes-Dodson curve
• D) self-determination model

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Definitions:

Transference

In psychoanalysis, the process by which patients displace onto their analysts feelings and ideas which derive from previous figures in their lives.

Psychodynamic Therapy

A therapeutic approach that emphasizes unconscious processes and past experiences in shaping current behavior and feelings.

Counterconditioning

A behavior therapy procedure that uses classical conditioning to evoke new responses to stimuli that are triggering unwanted behaviors.

Major Depression

A mental disorder characterized by a persistent and severe low mood that is accompanied by low self-esteem and by a loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.