Motywacja – prawo Yerkesa-Dodsona. Badania wstępne

Ewelina Błońska

Wszechnica Polska Szkoła Wyższa w Warszawie

Abstrakt

This article aims to present the results of the research in which the influence of arousal on performing easy and difficult tasks was analyzed. For this purpose, Yerkes-Dodson law was used. There was an assumption that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal but when levels of arousal become too high, performance decreases. The subjects from the experimental group listened to music before they were given an assignment. The subjects from the control group were assigned to do their task without any arousal. The preliminary results partially meet expectations. The results from the experimental group are higher in both difficult and easy tasks than in the control group. However, because the preliminary research was conducted among a small sample of 24 individuals, it is advisable to conduct further research on a larger number of respondents.

Słowa kluczowe:

motivation, Yerkes-Dodson law, activation, performance