Revisiting the Stroop Effect: Conditions Affecting Word-Color Response University of California‚ Irvine Contact information Abstract The stroop effect causes interference within people when the color of a word and a word‚ the name of a color‚ are incongruently matched. We tested this phenomenon to see if our results would be held constant as reviewed by existing literature. Our experiment used different conditions which
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Throughout the story‚ Cathedral‚ by Raymond Carver‚ readers are shown the other side of blindness. In the world‚ one may assume that there is just one type of blindness- being sightless. “My idea of blindness came from the movies. In the movies‚ the blind moved slowly and never laughed. Sometimes they were led by seeing-eye dogs. A blind man in my house was not something I looked forward to” (Carver‚ 1). The meaning of blindness goes much deeper than that. Through the actions and words of a character‚ the
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Edgar Allen Poe pronounced that the short story‚ if skillfully written‚ should deliver a single preconceived effect- an effect upon which incidents be fashioned to accommodate that effect. Edgar Allen Poe was indeed a skillful writer. His short story‚ "The Fall of the House of Usher" is a flawless example of a story in which all elements contribute to the delivery of a single emotional effect. Poe accomplishes this by achieving a perfect tone‚ developing suspense and unifying stylistic elements thereby
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The Color Purple by Alice Walker is the story of two sisters‚ Cellie and Nettie. In the beginning‚ Celie is a fourteen year old African girl who has/is being abused‚ and who writes letters to God. Thirty years later‚ at the end of the book ‚ she fought through a male controlled and prejudice society. In the first letter Cellie wrote to God‚ we learned that she was raped by her father and he made sure that she wouldnt tell anyone except for God. She got pregnant twice and was forced‚ by her father
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Name: Tran Tuan Vu Research and Study Skills THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING PETS. With the development of society‚ people have more demanding. So that‚ most people discuss the importance of staying healthy and living longer by diet‚ work‚ and exercise. But they do not know besides work‚ they need to keep their spirit in optimism and love life. In the modern life‚ pets become popular with many households. Since‚ pets are loyal friends. They also support a lot of things for people life
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Disentangling the Effect of Depression Symptoms and Adult Attachment on Emotional Disclosure Crystal Taylor Suny Jefferson Community College Literature Review Emotional disclosure has important psychological and physical health benefits(Frattaroli‚ 2006)‚ while non disclosure have been linked to negative outcomes in these areas (Kelly & Yip‚ 2006; Larson & Christain‚ 1990). Disclosure also aids in emotional recovery from negative events because it promotes insights‚ fosters social
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Emotional intelligence Kathy Abram PSY/301 September 12‚ 2011 T. Lee Burnham Emotional Intelligence Cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence have both been widely examined in regard to their effects on individual workplace performance. The critical comparison of the two concepts will be the basis of this essay. Emotional intelligence is important in measuring success in more ways than one. Emotional intelligence has a great deal of importance on one’s work ethic and values
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Megan McDonald Weber English 95 2 December 2012 Having a Job too love I was born to be someone special‚ someone talented‚ someone people would one day look back and remember. When I was younger‚ I remember sitting in my 1st grade class looking at a sheet of paper with only one question listed: “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Unlike every other kid in my class who wrote down either “Ballerina‚” “Astronaut‚” and “Cowboy‚” I wrote down “Musician.” Now that I’m to the point where it’s
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Cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence have both been widely examined with regard to their effect on individual workplace abilities. A critical comparison of the two concepts will be the basis of this essay. Some theorists have hypothesised that the ease with which an employee can process information and work towards solutions (our cognitive intelligence) is the key aspect in our ability to contribute to the workplace‚ particularly in more complex environments (Viswesvaran & Ones‚ 2002)
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INTRODUCTION Over the past decade‚ increasing attention has been given to how workers express emotions in a variety of work settings. An under researched‚ aspect of the literature on emotions in organizational life concerns employers attempts to control and direct how employees display emotions to customers. Emotions are a double-edged sword at work. Emotions are ancient mechanisms that mobilize us to deal quickly with important interpersonal encounters. They have both a primal aspect and a motivational
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