Question

This result, which originated in a 1908 study on Japanese dancing mice by its two eponymous psychologists, is often described as a “law” of human behavior, despite conflicting evidence. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this result that states that performance increases as arousal increases, but only up to a point.
ANSWER: Yerkes–Dodson law
[10h] This psychologist’s cue utilization theory suggests that an increase in arousal narrows attention so the mind focuses only on relevant cues, but too much of an increase narrows the attention too much.
ANSWER: J. A. Easterbrook [or James A. Easterbrook]
[10e] Another theory of the relationship between performance and arousal is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s (“MEE-hye CHICK-sent-mee-HA-yee’s”) theory of this highly focused mental state, which is colloquially known as being “in the zone.”
ANSWER: flow state

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Brown ANorthwestern A001010
Chicago APenn A1001020
Chicago CDuke A001010
Cornell BNYU A1001020
Florida AToronto A1001020
Georgia Tech BMinnesota B001010
Harvard AMaryland A1001020
Indiana AColumbia B001010
Iowa State ANorth Carolina A001010
Johns Hopkins AChicago B001010
MIT AGeorgia Tech A1001020
Michigan AIllinois A001010
Minnesota AHouston A001010
Purdue AYale B001010
Rutgers AVanderbilt A001010
South Carolina AWUSTL A001010
Texas AWUSTL B1001020
UC Berkeley AImperial A1001020
UC Berkeley BColumbia A001010
Yale AOhio State A001010