'A state of readiness to perform that helps motivate performers'
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Drive theory
-Performance increases in proportion to arousal.
-A very high arousal level would result in a high-performance level, provided the skill is well learned.
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Inverted U Theory
-This law states that arousal improves performance up to an optimal point. Past this point, performance begins to decrease.
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Catastrophe Theory
Performance increases as arousal increases, but when arousal gets too high, performance dramatically decreases (catastrophe). This only happens with high cognitive anxiety.
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What is zone of optimal functioning?
Different people perform better under different levels of arousal.
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Drive theory
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-Performance increases in proportion to arousal.
-A very high arousal level would result in a high-performance level, provided the skill is well learned.
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