OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY

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Nugent, Pam M.S.
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any theory which stresses living beings' strife to reach optimal levels of some attribute, like arousal or stimulation, tension, foraging, or motion.

OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY: "In accordance with optimal level theory, motivation and striving to attain achievement are primary."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. ANCESTRAL TRAIT
  2. OPTIMAL FORAGING THEORY
  3. AROUSAL THEORY
  4. PRINCIPLE OF OPTIMAL STIMULATION
  5. POPULATION RESEARCH
  6. AROUSAL JAG
  7. ACTIVATION THEORY OF EMOTION
  8. SCHACHTER-SINGER THEORY
  9. OPTIMAL LEVEL
  10. AROUSAL-REDUCTION MECHANISM
Cite this page: Nugent, Pam M.S., "OPTIMAL LEVEL THEORY," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/optimal-level-theory/ (accessed June 25, 2017).
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