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The Stroop's The Stroop Effect

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Named after John Ridley Stroop, the Stroop Effect demonstrates that people read words more quickly and automatically than they can name colors (De Young). A very common way to test this is to have multiple subjects read a series of colors that are written in a different color ink. For example, if the word is blue, but is written in a green ink, green would be said allowed. If this is the case, then will the subject read the word with the same color ink faster than the words with different colored ink? J. Ridley Stroop first published his dissertation, a piece of writing done to earn an advanced degree at a university, in 1935 (Macleod). His work focused on interference and attention. This study has since developed into a test that has become
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