Carl Jung, in Studies in Word Analysis, used GSR to study this phenomenon in response to certain words.
Carl Jung, in Studies in Word Analysis, used GSR to study this phenomenon in response to certain words. Hans Eysenck's theory of personality postulates that extroverts have a low level of the cortical type of this state, while introverts have a high level. Robert Zajonc's experiments about social facilitation found that awareness of the presence of others increased this state. Yerkes and Dodson discovered a U-shaped curve between this state and performance. An experiment by Dutton and Aron found that subjects misattributed this state after talking to an attractive woman on a bridge, lending support for Schachter and Singer's two-factor theory, which holds thatemotions are caused by a combination of this state and cognition. For 10 points, name this heightened physiological state in which the body's cortical and autonomic nervous system react to stimuli.
Carl Jung, in Studies in Word Analysis, used GSR to study this phenomenon in response to certain words.
physiological arousal [prompt on "stimulation" or equivalents like "being amped up"]