Motivation is characterised by

Options

A. cognitive arousal
B. affective arousal
C. Both (a) and (b)
D. None of these

Answer

C

Explanation

One of the assertion of the Arousal theory of motivation is that our levels of arousal have an influence on our performance. This is commonly referred to as the
Yarkes - Dodson Law. The law states that increased levels of arousal will improve perfomance, but only up until the optimum arousal level is reached.