PERSONALITY AND THE INVERTED‐U RELATION
Abstract
Difficulties with the postulated inverted‐U relationship between performance and arousal are discussed, with emphasis upon individual differences in level of arousal. Predictions concerning the behaviour of highly aroused and less aroused subjects are made and tested in two experiments by relating changes in performance associated with increased and decreased levels of arousal to introversion score. Introverts behaved as highly aroused subjects were expected to and extraverts as less aroused subjects.
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Corcoran (1965) suggested that introverts performed better on a low-arousal five-choice serial-reaction task, that extraverts were more adversely affected by the de-arousing condition, and that extraverts benefited more from arousing manipulations than introverts.
“Based on the results, Corcoran suggested that introverts performed better on what was considered a low arousal task (five-choice serial-reaction), that extraverts were more adversely affected by the de-arousing condition, and that extraverts benefited more from the arousing manipulations than introverts.”
From Extraversion and intelligence: A meta-analytic investigation (2005) · cites this paper as Corcoran (1965)
Several studies have provided support for the connection between the Yerkes-Dodson law and individual differences in extraversion.
“Several studies have provided support for the connection between the Yerkes-Dodson law and individual differences in extraversion (Corcoran, 1965; Revelle, Amaral, & Turriff, 1976).”
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- Authors
- CORCORAN, D. W. J.
- Affiliations
- Medical Research Council (GB)
- Corresponding author
- CORCORAN, D. W. J.
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1965-08
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 267-273
- ISSN
- 0007-1269 (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8295
- OpenAlex
- W2026679177
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 5.52
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- British Journal of Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Sport Psychology and Performance
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- inverted U-shaped relationship, arousal, performance, individual differences, introversion, extraversion, personality, arousal level
- MeSH terms
- Arousal, Attention, Humans, Motivation, Motor Skills, Personality, Psychological Tests, Sleep Deprivation
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