| | Category | BE | L01 | Stroop Effect- Say What? |
| | Abstract | The purpose of my project was to see if Gender and Age effected ones |
| | time and accuracy when taking the stroop color and shape test. An |
| | explanation of the Stroop Effect is called interference. When asked to |
| | name the color of the word instead of reading the word, the automatic |
| | reading of the word interferes with naming the color of the word or a |
| | person’s (interference).The color test has a color word printed in another |
| | color ink. An example would be the word RED printed in Blue ink. Dealing |
| | with the color identification task, a delay occurs in the processing of the |
| | words color and that leads to slower test reaction times and an increase |
| | in mistakes. The shape test is a test with shapes drawn out and the |
| | names of different shapes enscribed inside the drawn shapes. I will be |
| | timing my participants in both tests and counting the time in seconds (s) |
| | and the amount of errors made which will tell me who had the greater |
| | interference, males, females and what age.My hypothesis is if males and |
| | females of all ages are test on the Stroop color and shape tests, then I |
| | believe the speed and accuracy level will be greater with the females in |
| | their teens. I hope to find that my data will support my hypothesis or |
| | explain why my hypothesis is not correct. |
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| | Bibliography | http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3852/is_200601/ai_n17187418/>. |