Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yerkes-dodson law

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.03 in modern English

Syllables: yerkes--dod-son law
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A law of psychology stating that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point, beyond which it decreases.

Etymology

Developed in 1908 by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson.

Inflected Forms

the Yerkes-Dodson law (canonical)

Questions

What does yerkes-dodson law mean?: A law of psychology stating that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point, beyond which it decreases.
Where does yerkes-dodson law come from?: Developed in 1908 by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson.

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