The Yerkes-Dodson Law Repealed
- 1 October 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 17 (2), 663-666
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.17.2.663
Abstract
1 There is a flaw In the evidence for the Yerkes-Dodson Law. To call it “ubiquitous” Is pretty iniquitous.Keywords
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