Yerkes-Dodson Law
The principle that performance increases with arousal up to a point, then decreases. Moderate stress improves focus; excessive stress impairs it. The inverted-U curve explains why some anxiety helps while too much hurts.
The principle that performance increases with arousal up to a point, then decreases. Moderate stress improves focus; excessive stress impairs it. The inverted-U curve explains why some anxiety helps while too much hurts.