The phrase "arouse competition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you want to indicate the act of stimulating or encouraging rivalry among individuals or groups.
Example: "The new marketing strategy is designed to arouse competition among local businesses, driving innovation and better services for consumers."
Alternatives: "stimulate competition" or "foster competition".
A competing hypothesis (arousal competition hypothesis) suggests that arousing stimuli should lead to increased disinhibition through competition for executive resources.
These findings suggest that the disinhibiting properties of alcohol cues cannot simply be attributed to their valence or arousing properties, and they are consistent with the unique disinhibition rather than the emotional congruency or arousal competition accounts.
The arousal competition hypothesis predicts increased disinhibition in response to the most arousing pictures.
It was difficult to ascertain who was bidding--horse collectors gesture discreetly, to avoid arousing the competition.
This suggests that some athletes were perhaps more psychologically aroused by the upcoming competition than others.
At times rapid population change, overcrowded housing and job competition have aroused racial and ethnic tensions.
Competition for jobs aroused ethnic antagonism, and in January 1934 Kalgoorlie was the site of a disgraceful three-day riot against southern-European immigrants but it was the last of its kind.
During the course of competition with other stimulus representations, networks representing affectively arousing T2s may thus benefit from higher connectivity and larger extension of its connections.
"The storm aroused by Ford's cut-throat competition against retail grocers, butchers, etc., became so fierce that he decided to back down.
But the pushcart-packed streets made it hard for the Police and Fire Departments to get through, drew the trash of trade and aroused increasing ire from storekeepers resentful of the competition.
