STROOP TEST

Stroop Test



Stroop Test

Introduction

Background

The study is related to the stroop effect which is an experimental psychological phenomenon that occurs in mental processing conflicts. It shows that trained actions occur almost automatically, while unusual actions greater attention will need. In the classical experiment to the subjects name the color of the presented words.

Aims

The aim of the study is known the reaction time of the people for the emotions and their neutral behavior.

Hypotheses

H o : Regular stroop experimental condition (top block) ( regular stroop control condition (bottom block) in stroop test.

H A : Regular stroop experimental condition (top block) > regular stroop control condition (bottom block) in stroop test.

Variables

The variables that are used in the study are mentioned below;

Dependent Variable = reaction time of the emotions

Independent Variable = reaction time of the being neutral

Literature Review

In psychology, the Stroop test refers to the interference observed between a primary task and process cognitive. The reaction time is the time required to identify the color with which the word is written - is much longer when the word is incongruent (the word "blue" written in "red") when the word is congruent (the word "red" written in red) or neutral (the word "lion" in red). The percentage of errors (that is blue when the word "blue" is written in red) is also higher in the presence of incongruent words. So, there is a semantic interference effect or Stroop effect, caused by the reading of the word automatic.

The Stroop interference test is a method for measuring the inclination of the individual interference color - word interference. Stroop had this procedure in the following testing by Wilhelm Wundt, James McKeen Cattell and others developed the color naming experiments using color palettes, and color-word templates to include the conflicting stimuli in the same test task. He explained that the designation of the color of a visually presented word is slowed down if the content is contrary to the Word of color, for instance, the word "red" in the color green (Golden, 1978). If the contents match the color of the word, naming the color contrast is faster. In related experiments, the effect has been repeatedly demonstrated; subjects were asked to name the color in which the name of a color (that is, the color characteristic word) is printed; this word appeared sometimes in the paint, for which it stands, then again in another. The result: Those who see for example the word "blue" written in yellow paint needed more time to the correct answer is "yellow" to respond, as if color name and color word match. The Stroop effect is, therefore, even though the person the word content in general is not observed, showing that the automated process of reading is very difficult to suppress. Reading is much more automated cognitive activity than the naming of colors, which leads initially to the above-mentioned conflicting brain responses when the subject comes to the discrepancy between word color name and color (Williams, Mathews and MacLeod, ...