Stroop Effect
Stroop effect and reading process
Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of congruency of color ink and color name on reading process. The 30 participants of the experiment were assigned to sets 1(a condition wherein congruent color names and ink color were presented first before the incongruent set of words, and 2 (reverse of set 1) by random selection. Participants were called in the laboratory two at a time, one of them from set 1 participants and the other from set 2 group, and afterwards the test for the two conditions of the experiment were carried out at the same time. In the congruent list, participants were instructed to read the ink color of the words, while on the incongruent condition, they were asked to name the color ink, disregarding what the printed word is. The same instructions were given to the two participants by their respective examiners. The study showed that participants were able to read color names faster when they are the same as the ink colors than when they are not.
Stroop effect and reading process Stroop effect is one of the most used indicator tests in investigating the efficiency of mental processes that confine action, emotion or thought (Bioulac et al., 2005). Stroop effect is described as a test to further understand human perception which involves the automatic and the controlled mental processes (Shabazz, 2010).
Stroop task is usually directed with two different conditions, the first one (congruent) is where participants are presented with a list of color names printed in ink color that it corresponds, and the second condition (incongruent) which incorporates a list of color names that does not agree with its ink color. In both condition, participants are ask to report the ink color used to print the color names (Bioulac et al., 2005). Interference is found in both condition but with a greater magnitude in the condition where words or color names do not agree with the ink
Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of congruency of color ink and color name on reading process. The 30 participants of the experiment were assigned to sets 1(a condition wherein congruent color names and ink color were presented first before the incongruent set of words, and 2 (reverse of set 1) by random selection. Participants were called in the laboratory two at a time, one of them from set 1 participants and the other from set 2 group, and afterwards the test for the two conditions of the experiment were carried out at the same time. In the congruent list, participants were instructed to read the ink color of the words, while on the incongruent condition, they were asked to name the color ink, disregarding what the printed word is. The same instructions were given to the two participants by their respective examiners. The study showed that participants were able to read color names faster when they are the same as the ink colors than when they are not.
Stroop effect and reading process Stroop effect is one of the most used indicator tests in investigating the efficiency of mental processes that confine action, emotion or thought (Bioulac et al., 2005). Stroop effect is described as a test to further understand human perception which involves the automatic and the controlled mental processes (Shabazz, 2010).
Stroop task is usually directed with two different conditions, the first one (congruent) is where participants are presented with a list of color names printed in ink color that it corresponds, and the second condition (incongruent) which incorporates a list of color names that does not agree with its ink color. In both condition, participants are ask to report the ink color used to print the color names (Bioulac et al., 2005). Interference is found in both condition but with a greater magnitude in the condition where words or color names do not agree with the ink