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单词 yerkes–dodson
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Yerkes–Dodsonn.

/ˌjəːks ˈdɒdsən/
Etymology: < the names of Robert M. Yerkes, U.S. primatologist (see Yerkish n.), and John D. Dodson, 20th-cent. U.S. behaviourist.
Psychology.
Used attributively to designate a law (stated by Yerkes and Dodson in Jrnl. Compar. Neurol. & Psychol. (1908) 18 459) which states that the optimum level of motivation for learning a task decreases as the difficulty of the task increases.
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Yerkes–Dodson1929
1924 R. Simmons in Compar. Psychol. Monogr. vii. 3 Cole..has tested for chicks this law of Yerkes and Dodson and in general it was found to apply.]
1929 E. M. Ligon in Compar. Psychol. Monogr. xxviii. 3 The most important finding in relation to the second problem was the Yerkes–Dodson law, that the more difficult the problem, the less the optimal punishment.
1936 P. T. Young Motivation of Behavior 280 The Yerkes–Dodson Law. One of the ancient justifications for the punishment of criminals has been that punishment deters the individual from repeating the act when released. The same argument applies to children and to animals.
1957 Jrnl. Exper. Psychol. 54 345 (heading) Emotionality and the Yerkes–Dodson law.
1982 Psychophysiol. 19 282 It was hypothesized that a curvilinear function would be obtained in the suggestion groups following the Yerkes–Dodson law for moderately difficult tasks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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