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Understanding the Stroop Test Procedure

The document outlines the procedure for administering the Stroop test in groups of 3. Participants are assigned roles of reader, timer, or checker. The reader completes either non-conflicting or conflicting color-word tasks while the timer tracks time and checker records errors. The Stroop test measures working memory and attention by presenting color words printed in incongruent colors, requiring inhibition of the automatic reading response in order to name the ink colors.

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Understanding the Stroop Test Procedure

The document outlines the procedure for administering the Stroop test in groups of 3. Participants are assigned roles of reader, timer, or checker. The reader completes either non-conflicting or conflicting color-word tasks while the timer tracks time and checker records errors. The Stroop test measures working memory and attention by presenting color words printed in incongruent colors, requiring inhibition of the automatic reading response in order to name the ink colors.

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Stroop test

procedure:

Work in groups of 3. Decide who will take on each role and write down their names on the data table
(page 2): • Reader — reads the test set according to the task instructions • Timer — times how long it
takes for the reader to complete the task • Checker — keeps track of how many errors the reader makes

2. Determine what your tasks will be and write them down on the data table. You should plan at least
one non-conflicting and the starred conflicting task. Examples of tasks include:
Set A — Read the words (non-conflicting)
Set B — Say the colors of the letters (non-conflicting)
Set C — Say the colors of the letters (non-conflicting)
Set D — Read the words (conflicting)
* Set D — Say the color of the letters (conflicting) Set D — Hold chart upside-down and say the color
of the letter
Begin. Give the answer key (pages 5-6) to the checker. As the reader completes the task, the checker
makes tally marks for each error. If the reader makes more than 3 errors, stop and have them begin
again. Record notes and observations
The Stroop Test is a measure of working memory and attention. When the colors and words are
conflicting, the brain must work hard to filter out competing signals. Reading is such an automatic task
that the brain needs to actively inhibit it and direct its attention instead to saying the color of the letters.
The resulting delay is called the Strooop Effect. When the colors and words match, or when the words
are neutral, there is no conflicting information for the brain to have to filter out

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