Stroop Effect CogLab Report Stroop Effect CogLab Report The Stroop effect is a test that demonstrates a decrease in reaction time that occurs when the brain receives conflicting information. When sensory information conflicts‚ a processing delay occurs in the brain; this is interference. If a specific color is paired with its corresponding word then those two pieces of information are compatible. If the information conflicts then the individual is forced to make a decision. It is hypothesized
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turns Conclusion: Acetylcholine plays an important role in creating a memory of the maze. * Strengths - research lie in its design and its application; use of an experimental method with a control group made it possible to establish a cause-and-effect relationship between levels of acetylcholine and memory * Limitations – questionable to what extent these findings can be generalised to humans; assumed that memory processes are the same for all animals. Case study: PHINEAS GAGE Aim: the
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SAQ OUTLINE: Explain the formation of stereotypes and their effect on behavior. • Definition: Stereotypes assign similar characteristics to all members of a group‚ despite the fact that the group members may vary widely from one another. • Characteristics: • social-cognitive theories: • our social world is very complex and presents us with too much information • since our capacity to process information is limited‚ there is a need to simplify our social way • one of the way to avoid information
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[4:54:50 PM] atta.hl.leung: Discuss factors leading to overeating and obesity Factors that lead to obesity are split into 2 main areas‚ nurture and nature. Nature and nurture can be argued for almost everything that exists today‚ our behaviour‚ actions‚ appearance and etcetera. Nurture can be seen as cognitive thoughts on dieting and societies views on our food preferences‚ while nature is the biological theory of breaking down overeating to neurons and chemicals in our body‚ as well as evolutionary
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Method Participants 168 psychology students at Binghamton University enrolled in Research Methods (PSYC 344) participated in this study. 113 of these participants were females (67.26%)‚ and 55 were males (32.74%). Of these 168 participants‚ zero were freshmen‚ 18 were sophomores (10.71%)‚ 112 were juniors (66.67%)‚ and the remaining 38 were seniors (22.62%). No participants received compensation for participating in this experiment. These participants were divided into six groups based on where
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The experiment tests whether conflict takes place between the automatic process of reading a word and the controlled process of naming the ink colour of the word by replicating a version of the Stroop effect. A sample of 20 volunteering participants‚ 10 men and 10 women‚ aged 18-69‚ took part in the experiment. Participants were given two conditions‚ one list with colour-related distractor words and one list with colour-neutral words. For each participant‚ time necessary to name the ink colour of
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Stroop Test Applied to College Students Serah J Narine Binghamton University METHODS Materials The materials that were needed for the experiment were minimal. The materials include a visual aid for the participants to look at the different combinations of the words’ congruence and orientation. A classroom will be needed to administer the experiments which will need enough desks to seat all of the university-level participants‚ the visual aid for the slides and a timer that the TA will
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Discuss ethical considerations related to research studies at the biological level of analysis. As with any aspect of Psychology that uses research studies‚ studies in the Biological Level of Analysis require the researcher to follow main ethical guidelines. While all the guidelines should be followed and respected‚ there are quite a few of which should be taken into extra careful consideration‚ although so is not always the case. To keep the research in ethical bounds‚ most psychologists agree to
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The investigation into the effect of social facilitation on the performance level within the Stroop effect. Abstract The relationship between social facilitation (first discovered by Triplett in 1898) and the issue of interference within the Stroop effect were investigated. Fifty participants were recruited and took part in a repeated measures design. Participants were given a list of congruent and incongruent words in single and paired situations. The overall findings of this study suggest
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Lateralized Stroop Effects Andrew Hanna Psychology Program Arizona State University‚ Tempe‚ AZ Introduction Through broad literature review the stroop effect can be explained through demonstration of a reaction time of a task. We built upon the basic ideas developed in the previous Stroop models of MacLeod in 1991‚ Belanger & Cimino in 2002‚ and J.R. Stroop‚ the first person to publish its significance in English in 1935(Stroop‚ 1935). In the Stroop model‚ color-words are variously presented
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