Jeff is a professional golfer.He has been disappointed with his recent performance,even though he feels really "psyched" to play.His sport psychologist tells him that he needs to reduce his arousal to a moderate level before he plays if he wants to improve his performance.Jeff's sport psychologist is basing his advice on
A) drive-reduction theory.
B) instinct theory.
C) the Yerkes-Dodson law.
D) incentive theory.

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The Yerkes-Dodson law states that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. Beyond that point, performance decreases. In this case, Jeff's sport psychologist is advising him to reduce his arousal to a moderate level before playing, which indicates that Jeff may be experiencing overly high levels of arousal that are hindering his performance.

Jeff Is a Professional Golfer