The Studies of Interference in Serial Verbal Reactions

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to enlighten the interference in serial verbal reactions recorded from the sample size. The sample of the study represented sixteen students which were drawn from the population representing undergraduate psychology students at Queens College. In order to analyze the data for extracting valid findings experimental research design was used in this study. The independent variable of the study is the three levels of interferences that were used in the experiment; moreover, the dependent variable is the reaction time recorded from the sample. The data extracted through the sample was analyzed through descriptive statistics, ANOVA and t-test. The results indicate that high interference condition revealed more errors as compared to low interference condition.

The Studies of Interference in Serial Verbal Reactions

Introduction

Considering the inherent information emotional faces convey about interpersonal evaluation. The basic Stroop technique involves naming the color of the ink the word is written in and ignoring the meaning of the word text and has been extended to examine information processing of emotional content. A number of studies have compared emotionally impacted and emotionally intact participants with regards to the time taken to name colors of negative words compared to neutral and positive items. This research study aims to explore the interference recorded from the study sample taking into account the reaction time.

The theoretical framework adapted for this research study represents Stroop effect which was first adapted in a research study in 1935. This framework has been amended and used by several research studies as per the variables that were the part of the study. This research study has adapted similar framework taking into account interferences generated by the sample along with their reaction time. The objective of this study is to explore the amount of errors generated through the interferences extracted from the sample and their effect on the reaction time depicted by the sample.

It is noteworthy to mention the Stroop paradigm is limited insofar as attention is conceptualized as a single process, when in fact attentional processes include both engagement (excitation) and disengagement (inhibition) that are not easily disentangled by the Stroop task. Nonetheless, it continues to be a useful tool in examining attentional interference for mood-relevant content. Once again, with respect to mood research, some studies have found mood-congruency effects whereby individuals in a sad mood take longer to attend to depressive stimuli compared to happy mood individuals, whereas others have not found this bias in sad mood.

Statement of Purpose

The influence of time is eminent of an individual's decision making process. The scarcity of time often creates stressful ambiance which is negatively influential on the decision made by an individual. This is a psychological phenomenon that is aligned with the stimuli representing individual's decision. The interferences generated through the stimuli are often influenced by the reaction time. This phenomenon was explored by Stroop effect which was adapted by several research studies as it has diverse implication in distinct fields.

The implication of the Stroop effect suggests that ...