Stroop Effect
by:Starr Courtney
Stroop Effect
•Delayed or interference while processing more then one signal
2 step experiment
•John Ridely Stroop in 1935 found a 2 part experiment
•The first test is a group of people being tested with reading the color of words in their correct color. For example, the word blue is in blue.
•The second test is a group of people being tested with reading the color of words in a different color. For example, the word blue is in red, blue.
Stroop Test part 1
Purple Black Green Orange
Red Yellow Blue Black
Pink Orange Red Black
Green Blue Grey Yellow
Purple Pink Grey Green
Stroop Test part 2
Purple Black Yellow Green
Orange Grey Red Yellow
Blue Black Pink Orange
Red Black Green Blue
Grey Yellow Purple Pink
Learning styles
•There are 3 different types of learning styles: visual, auditory, or tactile (kinetic)
•Visual- is dependent on the eyes and learns best when reading
•Auditory- is dependent on the ears and learns best when hears talking
•Tactile- takes action and learns
best when doing it from scratch
Question
•If you change the person’s learning styles will the stroop interference change?
Hypothesis
•When you change the learning style then the stroop interference will change.
•Visual learners will show the least interference
•Auditory learners will show the
most interference
Methodology
•Take 20 people (same grade and same school)
•Give them a learning style test (everyone same test)
•Give them the stroop test (everyone same test)
•Take averages of the stroop interference for each learning style
Materials
•Stroop test
•Learning styles test
•Pencil
•Timer
•20 people
•classroom
Data
•Visual leaners showed the least interference
•Auditory learners showed the most interference
•Tactile learners were in the middle
data
Data
•Auditory learners took the most time on the second test
•Visual learners took the least time or tied for the least for everything
•For the most part kinetic learners were in the middle
data
Observations
•I found that the majority of the people were kinesthetic
•The least was the auditory
•This could change the outcome of my conclusion
Observations
Conclusion
•My data supports my hypothesis
•Visual learners show the least interference
•Auditory learners show the most
What I could have changed?
•I could have more people to test
•I could have had more auditory learners to have more data
•I could have tested gender separately
Further questions
•Can the stroop effect be seen on classrooms? Does the way that a teacher present notes effect the child’s learning?
•Can a delayed reaction while interpreting more then one signal be found in your daily routines?
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