How Would The Follow-Up Experiment Be Used To Test The Stroop Effect?

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The Stroop Effect, first published in English by John Ridley Stroop in 1935, demonstrates a hypothesis that states that the brain’s reaction time is decreased when a topic contains conflicting information. In order to test the Stroop effect, we conducted an experiment that consisted of two PowerPoint presentations. For the first experiment, each subject had to read the words for slides 1-3 and name the colors for slides 4-6. Slides 3 and 6 contained mismatched words and colors and were specifically used to test the hypothesis while slides 1, 2, 4, and 5 were used as controlled slides. Before conducting the experiment, the group hypothesized that slides that contained mismatched information would have the slowest reaction time. The follow-up experiment was conducted in the exact same manner as the original experiment, however, slides 3 …show more content…
After conducting the experiments, the mismatched slides caused the slowest reaction time between all three subjects while the reaction times for the control slides were very consistent and took less time to complete. However,the results from the follow-up experiment reflected results that did not support our hypothesis. For example, turning the slides upside down did not result in a slower reaction time for slides 3 and 6 in comparison to the original slides. Therefore, our hypothesis was not supported according to the data. In summary, experiment 1 demonstrated the Stroop effect while experiment 2 did not.
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This report demonstrates a phenomenon known as the Stroop effect first published in 1935 by John Ridley Stroop. This effect demonstrates how the reaction time of the brain may be slowed when being presented a topic that contains conflicting information. Interference, caused by incompatible functions in the brain, causes a decrease in the reaction. For example, naming the color of ink that is not the same color as
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