The players on the Big State University basketball team have been practicing new plays for their league championship game for the past week, and their coach wants to ensure that the team is properly aroused during the game to remember the plays. According to the Yerkes-Dodson Law, what level of arousal should the coach try to induce to increase the likelihood of optimal retrieval of the new plays?
A) low
B) medium
C) high
D) any of the above--arousal is not linked to memory

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The Yerkes-Dodson Law states that there is an optimal level of arousal for optimal performance. This level is typically a moderate level of arousal, and inducing a higher level of arousal may actually decrease performance. Therefore, the coach should aim to induce a medium level of arousal to increase the likelihood of optimal retrieval of the new plays.

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