The aim of this research study is to test the Stroop effect. The Stroop effect was first stablished by J. Ridley Stroop when he discovered a phenomenon in which people had a little difficulty when naming the color of the word. The “Speed of Processing” model states that the reading response occurs faster than the color-naming response, arguing that at the moment of receiving a task involving color-naming, the word stimuli receives the response before the word stimuli, leading to disorientation. Moreover, when the task involves reading the word, no struggle is produced due the word response arrives before the color response produces disorientation. Researchers suggest that the reading response comes with no effort, (Cherry, n.d) as the brain
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MacLeod and Kevin Dunbar (1988) conducted a research study which aimed to test the idea of automaticity as a consequence of training. The Training and Stroop-Like Interference: Evidence for Continuum of Automaticity experiment was conducted in a laboratory. Participants received a certain amount of shape-naming training; in the first condition, two hours; in the second condition, five hours; in the third condition, twenty hours. In the first two conditions, color-naming was faster than shape-naming; nevertheless, in the third condition the color and shape naming were produced at the same speed. Results showed that on the first day, the color-naming was more automatic than shape-naming; on the fifth day, the color-naming and shape-naming occurred almost equally automatic; on the twentieth day, the shape-naming happened more automatically than color-naming. The conclusion establishes that color-naming is not an automatic process, however it is possible to name colors faster with …show more content…
The research was a laboratory experiment. There were two samples in which one condition received a 20% conflicting-stimuli trial, and 80% compatible-stimuli trial, the other condition received a 80% conflicting-stimuli trial, and 20% compatible-stimuli trial. Interference decreased as the conflicting-stimuli trials increased., reaction time in the first condition was longer (96 msec slower) than the reaction time taken by participants from the second condition (7 msec faster). Conclusions established that “strategy-dependent interference may not pose a serious problem in interpreting existing
MacLeod and Kevin Dunbar (1988) conducted a research study which aimed to test the idea of automaticity as a consequence of training. The Training and Stroop-Like Interference: Evidence for Continuum of Automaticity experiment was conducted in a laboratory. Participants received a certain amount of shape-naming training; in the first condition, two hours; in the second condition, five hours; in the third condition, twenty hours. In the first two conditions, color-naming was faster than shape-naming; nevertheless, in the third condition the color and shape naming were produced at the same speed. Results showed that on the first day, the color-naming was more automatic than shape-naming; on the fifth day, the color-naming and shape-naming occurred almost equally automatic; on the twentieth day, the shape-naming happened more automatically than color-naming. The conclusion establishes that color-naming is not an automatic process, however it is possible to name colors faster with …show more content…
The research was a laboratory experiment. There were two samples in which one condition received a 20% conflicting-stimuli trial, and 80% compatible-stimuli trial, the other condition received a 80% conflicting-stimuli trial, and 20% compatible-stimuli trial. Interference decreased as the conflicting-stimuli trials increased., reaction time in the first condition was longer (96 msec slower) than the reaction time taken by participants from the second condition (7 msec faster). Conclusions established that “strategy-dependent interference may not pose a serious problem in interpreting existing