At the state fair, you enter a couple of different contests.The first is a blueberry pie eating contest, in which the person who eats the most pies in two minutes wins.The second is a 100-yard dash in which you must balance an egg on a spoon with one hand and in the other hand carry a tray with eight glasses on it, and the person who reaches the finish line first while not spilling either the egg or the glasses wins.Given your knowledge of the Yerkes-Dodson Law, your arousal should be _____ for the first contest and _____ for the second contest.
A)low; high
B)high; low
C)moderate; moderate
D)moderate; high

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The Yerkes-Dodson Law suggests that high arousal is beneficial for simple tasks like the pie-eating contest, while low arousal is better for complex tasks requiring precision, like the egg and spoon race.

At the State Fair, You Enter a Couple of Different