stroop lab pdf for physio, Cheat Sheet of Physiology

Download stroop lab pdf for physio and more Cheat Sheet Physiology in PDF only on Docsity!

Stroop Effect Hannah Hewlett University of Tennessee at Martin Psychology 470 Dr. Britt October 12, 2023

Methods Participants 51 participants were recruited by students of UT Martin to make up this sample. Individuals ranged from the ages of 13 to 64. There were no specific requirements participants had to meet in order to participate. All participants were treated ethically in accordance with APA guidelines. Materials Participants will view 2 charts with 50 words each that either do or don’t correspond with the font color of the word. A timer for 45 seconds is used for each chart task. Design and Procedure Participants were tested at separate times in accordance with their own personal convenience. Participants will first be asked to answer questions regarding their dominant hand, as well as their age. Then they will be presented with a chart of 50 colors written out with the font corresponding with what color the word is. Participants will be given 45 seconds to correctly read out the words. After recording the number of words participants named correctly, they will be presented with a second chart. The second chart will also have 50 words, but the name of the color will not correspond with the actual font color. Participants once again have 45 seconds to

Discussion Hypothesis Summary The hypothesis was that participants within the age range of 20 and 25 would have higher errors in task one than participants outside of that age range. Overview Research has shown that color words can capture spatial attention, even in cases where it is completely unrelated to the task at hand (Lowery & McDonald, 2023). Research has also shown that as age increases, the stroop effect has a greater influence (Wolf, et. al., 2014). The current hypothesis does not support the literature that finds age increase corresponds with greater stroop effect. This may be due to the unequal number of participants in each of the three age categories. The 20-25 age group has more participants than either of the other age groups. This may have contributed to the significantly higher number of errors found in the testing.

References Lowery, A., & McDonald, J. J. (2023). Revisiting the automaticity of reading: Electrophysiological recordings show that stroop words capture spatial attention. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152 (2), 309-321. doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/xge Wolf, D., Zschutschke, L., Scheurich, A., Schmitz, F., Lieb, K., Tüscher, O., & Fellgiebel, A. (2014). Age-related increases in Stroop interference: delineation of general slowing based on behavioral and white matter analyses. Human brain mapping , 35 (5), 2448–2458. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.