Practice question
According to the Yerkes-Dodson Law, how does a controller's level of stress or arousal affect their performance?
- Performance is optimal at moderate levels of stress; both extremely low stress (under-arousal) and extremely high stress (overload) degrade performance.
- Performance increases linearly with stress; the more pressure applied, the more accurate the controller becomes.
- Performance is completely unaffected by stress, as professional training overrides physiological arousal.
- Performance is highest at zero stress, and declines steadily as any stress is introduced.
Answer: A — Performance is optimal at moderate levels of stress; both extremely low stress (under-arousal) and extremely high stress (overload) degrade performance.
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