Mary's car just broke down, so she has to run the rest of the way to school and arrives 5 minutes late for her psychology exam. her heart is pounding, and she can hardly catch her breath. according to arousal theory, how well will mary perform on her exam?

perform badly on the exam.

Explanation:

According to the Arousal Theory of Motivation, it is said that each person has a specific level of arousal which is where they perform their best. We can assume that Mary's perfect level of arousal was before her car broke down. The run caused her to increase her level of arousal and the stress of the test will most likely increase this level even further. This being the case we can say that she will most likely perform badly on the exam.

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