Stroop effect

symbol. The effect was named after John Ridley Stroop, who published the effect in English in 1935 in an article entitled "Studies of interference in serial verbal reactions" that includes three different experiments.[1] However, the effect was first published in 1929 in Germany, and its roots can be followed back to works of James McKeen Cattell andWilhelm Maximilian Wundt in the nineteenth century.As is true for the cognitive literature in general (cf. MacLeod, 1991), the Stroop effect is a…

Introduction In this study I will be replicating Stroop’s experiment to demonstrate the Stroop effect. Cognition is defined as the mental processing technique used to acquire knowledge and understanding through experience, thought and senses. Glassman and Hadad (2004) suggest that humans process information like computers. When senses are exposed to conflicting stimuli, the strongest cognitive process dominates the response. It is instinctive to read words as they are written, regardless of the…

The time a subject took to respond to the Stroop Effect’s colour name and the font colour presented were the variables in this experiment. The variables were done no manipulation as well. There was a variance found in the time taken to read the congruent and incongruent sets. This can be viewed it is a very clear confirmation of the Stroop Effect. As shown in the Graph 3, the results from this experiment prove that the reaction time to read the congruent set was knowingly faster than the…

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The human brain is a complex organ that researchers continue to study and discover how it works. J Ripley Stroop developed a test called the Stroop effect to help measure how well a person’s selective attention works and brain processing speeds (Chudler, 2015). This test is used in screening people for dementia, schizophrenia, brain damage, stroke, and ADHD and helps determine aspects of attention and focus (Chudler, 2015). Humans are not equal in cognitive abilities thus any one test is not…

that can influence one’s ability to make automatic movements could interfere with the ease of a routine task. A factor that could affect a simple task such as reading would be the interference of a visual factor. The Stroop Effect, which was an experiment conducted by John Ridley Stroop in 1935, investigated the way an external factor, in this case the color of the ink, could interfere with the way an individual’s automaticity when reading.…

colors of the words which was simple and quick. The second Stroop trial was harder because I was focusing more on the word instead of focusing on the color of the word which made it more difficult to process. I followed the expected pattern and on the second phase and it was a little easier because I expected the words and colors to be different. Briefly (2-3 sentences) define, in your own words, the Stroop Effect: The Stroop effect shows how individuals process information differently when…

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.…

scientists and doctors perform to study and learn about the different ways the brain processes certain information. Cognitive functions are intellectual processes that include reasoning, attention and processing information (Stoet). A test known as The Stroop Effect Task tests cognitive functioning. This test was developed in the 1930s to test how people can respond when asked to identify something that would cause their brain to think differently than their normal response pattern (Stoet). In…

John Stroop, an American who was born in 1897 in a farm in Rutherford County. John was not expected to live as an infant. He was the top of his class in Kitrell County School, and later on graduated to “David Lipscomb College in Nashville”. In 1921, he graduated as valedictorian and received his diploma. He received his Masters, and Doctors in Experimental psychology. After achieving his Ph.D he was recognized in “American Men of Science” and “Who’s who in America”. (MacLeod, 1991) After that,…