Stroop effect
Stroop Effect
The Stroop Effect (pronounced: stroop eh-fekt) is a psychological phenomenon that demonstrates the interference in the reaction time of a task. It was first described by John Ridley Stroop in his Ph.D. thesis published in 1935, hence the name.
Etymology
The term "Stroop Effect" is derived from the name of its discoverer, John Ridley Stroop. The word "effect" is used to denote the impact or outcome of a particular phenomenon.
Definition
The Stroop Effect refers to the delay in reaction time when the color of the word and the color the word represents are incongruent. For example, when the word "blue" is printed in red ink, individuals take longer to identify the color of the ink than when the word and ink color are congruent (e.g., the word "blue" printed in blue ink).
Related Terms
- Cognitive Psychology: The scientific study of mental processes such as "attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and thinking."
- Reaction Time: The amount of time it takes to respond to a stimulus.
- Interference Theory: A theory regarding human memory. Interference occurs in learning; it is the notion that memories encoded in long-term memory (LTM) are forgotten, and cannot be retrieved into short-term memory (STM) effectively due to either memory interfering, or hampering, one another.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Stroop effect
- Wikipedia's article - Stroop effect
This WikiMD dictionary article is a stub. You can help make it a full article.
Languages: - East Asian
中文,
日本,
한국어,
South Asian
हिन्दी,
Urdu,
বাংলা,
తెలుగు,
தமிழ்,
ಕನ್ನಡ,
Southeast Asian
Indonesian,
Vietnamese,
Thai,
မြန်မာဘာသာ,
European
español,
Deutsch,
français,
русский,
português do Brasil,
Italian,
polski