Stroop Effect: by A.Hoonar 11A
Stroop Effect: by A.Hoonar 11A
BY A.HOONAR 11A
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my special thanks of gratitude to my teacher,
Amritha maam and Pavithra maam as well as our principal Sujatha
maam who gave me the golden opportunity to do this wonderful project
on the topic Stroop effect ,which also helped me in doing a lot of
Research and i came to know about so many new things I am really
thankful to them. Doing this project was a pleasure.
Secondly i would also like to thank my parents and friends who helped
me a lot in finalizing this project within the limited time frame
AIM:
To prove Sroop effect which “assess the ability to inhibit cognitive
interference that occurs when processing of a specific stimulus feature
impedes the simultaneous processing of a second stimulus attribute.”
DEFINATIONS
Cognitive interference refers to the unwanted and often
disturbing thoughts that intrude on a person's life
stimulus is any object or event that elicits a sensory or behavioral
response in an organism. In perceptual psychology, a stimulus is
an energy change (e.g., light or sound) which is registered by the
senses (e.g., vision, hearing, taste, etc.) and constitutes the basis
for perception.
Attention is the behavioral and cognitive process of selectively
concentrating on a discrete aspect of information, whether
considered subjective or objective, while ignoring other perceivable
information. It is a state of arousal.
Selective attention: This is the way we focus on a particular item
for a selected period of time.
Control group: In an experiment, the control group doesn't
receive the experimental treatment. This group is extremely
important when comparing it to the experimental group to see how
or if they differ.
VARIABLES
Independent variable: This is the part of an experiment that's changed.
In a Stroop effect experiment, this would be the colors of the words.
Dependent variable: The part of an experiment that's measured. In a
Stroop effect experiment, it would be reaction times
Extraneous Variable: may include
aspects of the that might affect the participant’s behaviour e.g.
noise, temperature, lighting conditions,
Participant / Person Variable like mood, intelligence, anxiety,
nerves, concentration etc.
The experimenter unconsciously conveys to participants how they
should behave - this is called experimenter bias
INSTRUCTIONS
In this experiment you are required to say the colour of the word, not
what the word says. For example, for the word, RED, you should say
"Blue."
As soon as the words appear on your screen, read the list as fast as you
can. When you have finished, click on the "Finish" button. The time it
took you to read all of the words will be shown. If you want to try the
same set of words, click on the "reload" button of your browser. If you
want to continue with the experiment, click on "Continue Experiment."
PROCEDURE:
There are two experimenters-one notes the results like the time and no
of mistakes while the other reads out the instructions and guides the
participant, this experimenter is basically the interactive one who builds
rapport and guides the participant through the entire experiment.
The subject is seated comfortably. Rapport is built. Consent is taken.
The experimenter reads out the instructions and the participant is asked
to read out the colour of the word, for example, for the word, RED, you
should say "Blue."
DATA SHEETS
SUBJECT 1:
Name: Maanyah
Age: 16 years
Gender: Female
Roll No: R13 11B
Hobbies: Netflix,gardening,cooking
SUBJECT 2:
Name: Anita
Age: 16 years
Gender: Female
Roll No: R05 11B
Hobbies:
TRIAL 1 TRIAL 2
SUBJECT NO NO OF WORDS TIME TAKEN NO OF WORDS TIME TAKEN
SUBJECT 1 25/25 16.7 25/25 21.7
SUBJECT 2 25/25 13.6 24/25 22.7
Subject 1 scored 25/25 on trial 1 and took about 16.7 sec and in trial 2 she scored 25/25
and took 21.7 sec
Subject 2 scored 25/25 on trial 1 and took about 13.7 sec and in trial 2 she scored 24/25
and took 22.7 sec
subject 1 and 2 got all words right and had taken less time in the
first trial which corresponding words and colors therefore it took
less cognitive effort
Participants took more time and were prone to make more
mistakes on the second trial which did NOT have corresponding
words and color
What this reveals is that the brain can’t help but read. As habitual
readers, we encounter and comprehend words on such a
persistent basis that the reading occurs almost effortlessly,
whereas declaration of a color requires more cognitive effort.
When there is a conflict between these two sources of information,
our cognitive load is increased, and our brains have to work harder
to resolve the required difference. Performing these tasks
(preventing reading, processing word color, and resolving
information conflict) ultimately slows down our responses, and
makes the task take longer.
CONCLUSION:
Subject 2 often reads books and therefore was faster in trial 1
Subject 1 has better selective attention and adaptability with more
accuracy
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
https://www.verywellmind.com/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/
https://www.simplypsychology.org/
NOTES GIVEN BY PAVITHRA MAAM DURING CLASS