Stroop Color-Word Test Persuasive Essay

This article is about the Stroop color-word test and the effects it has on children, adults, and aging. Before reading this article, I have heard of this test before. The researchers will show the children and adults a word with a color such as green and it will be in a different color. This is testing to see if they can say they word without being interfered with the color showing up on the word. At first, this sometimes can be difficult but after you read the words a few times it gets easier. In this study, it talks about the children ages 5 from adults age 80 performing this study. The hypothesis of this study is, “We make the assumption that performance on the Stroop test reflects the capacity to maintain a course of action in the face …show more content…
I did read in this article that the researchers believed they main problem of this study was the ongoing changes from the different groups of cards made it difficult for the younger children to fully understand what was asked of them. I can see this being a problem because the children might get confused as to what they are suppose to d even though the researcher presented them with all the materials they needed. Going from different color cards can confuse them because they might not be able to multitask as easy as older children and adults do. The children will learn how to do this one-day, but until then this study might not be for them. As the adults did the tests they were able to understand what was being asked of them and able to comprehend the cards being placed in front of them. To make this study better, I think they should made the participants starting at a older childhood age instead of children who are 5 and 6. The children might understand the study better and the researchers will be able to get the results they want and