Over a century ago, Yerkes and Dodson (1908) realised that in simple, routine tasks increasing arousal improves performance along an S-curve. However, in complex, nonroutine tasks, performance follows an upside down U-curve.
Over a century ago, Yerkes and Dodson (1908) realised that in simple, routine tasks increasing arousal improves performance along an S-curve. However, in complex, nonroutine tasks, performance follows an upside down U-curve.