The participants were 211 UTEP students enrolled in Psychology 3101. Participation was requested of the students to obtain data in order to write the final paper for this PSYC 3101 class. The participants were also asked to take notes during the experiment. There was no participants excluded from the study. No demographic information was asked of them.
The experiment was done through computers that were connected to keyboards. The participants were given the URL of a website, where they would be asked to download and install a program (Inquisit). Upon launching the program the participants were asked for the last 5 digits of their student ID number. After verifying their ID number the experiment began.
The stimuli were four color words