Yerkes-Dodson+law

Definition:
The principle that performance on tasks is best when the arousal level is appropriate to the difficulty of the task: higher arousal for simple tasks, moderate arousal for tasks or moderate difficulty, and lower arousal for complex tasks. Gen Psych Chapter 9, pp. 285

Examples:
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Analogies:
In Iron Man 3, Iron Man strives to "protect the one thing he loves," Pepper. SPOILER ALERT. Towards the end of the movie, Iron Man is forced to contain a lower arousal for the complex task to save Pepper. Iron Man is to a lower arousal to a complex task.

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