Question

Maia arrives at her gymnastics meet feeling very unmotivated to perform. her coach notices this and gives maia a pep talk to get her pumped to perform her routines. which psychological principle did maia's coach employ?

Answer 1

Maia's coach employ Yerkes-Dodson law. Yerkes-Dodson law implies a relationship between strength of motive for learning and success in learning. According to Yerkes-Dodson law, the results of learning are weak if motivation for learning is lower-how motivation grows, success in learning increases, but only to one optimal point. After that point, if motivation increasing more-that can lead to less successful learning.