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An Investigation into the Stroop Effect
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An Investigation into the Stroop Effect By Joe Maclean Centre Number: 19269 Candidate Number: ........ Abstract; In the 1900's J Ridley Stroop demonstrated that if someone was reading information, and other conflicting inputs were added, the rate at which the person read would slow down. The aim of this investigation is to see whether it takes the participants longer to read a list of colours typed in black ink, or whether it takes the participants longer to read the list of colours typed in coloured ink. The hypothesis I have for this investigation is that it will take the participants longer to read the list of colours typed in coloured ink than it will take the participants to read the list of colours typed in black ink. My target population will be 6th Form students at Woodbridge School, and my sampling method will be opportunity sampling. Background; The 'Stroop Effect', named after J. Ridley...
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