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Yerkes–Dodson law refers to the proposition that some arousal is better than none, but too much can hurt performance. It is a summary of the relationships among arousal, task complexity, and performance.
Yerkes, Robert M. (1876-1956) suggested that psychology could help in the war effort (World War I) by creating tests that could be used to place recruits according to their abilities and to screen the mentally unfit from military service. The testing program was largely ineffective and was discontinued soon after the war.
Deutsch: Ja/Nein-Fragen / Español: Preguntas de sí o no / Português: Perguntas de sim ou não / Français: Questions oui/non / Italiano: Domande sì/no /
Yes/no questions refer to questions that can be answered with yes or no.
Yin refers to Chinese Taoist term for the negative, feminine, passive, internal aspect of the complementary yin and yang polarity while Yang refers to Chinese Taoist term for the positive, masculine, active, external aspect of the complementary yin and yang polarity.
yo-yo dieting refers to the process of chronically alternating between dieting and regular eating, leading to successive weight gains and losses. Over time, yo-yo dieters increase their chances of becoming obese by altering their underlying metabolism.