Clinical Psychologists Have Conducted Research on the Stroop Effect

question 60

Multiple Choice

Clinical psychologists have conducted research on the Stroop effect. This research shows that

• A) individuals who have a phobia have trouble reporting the color of words related to their phobia.
• B) individuals who have a phobia want to avoid words related to their particular phobia, so they report the ink color of these words quickly and accurately.
• C) individuals who are depressed perform more accurately on the Stroop task than do nondepressed individuals.
• D) the performance of individuals with psychological disorders does not differ significantly from the performance of control-group individuals.

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Definitions:

Induced Consumption

Consumer spending that increases as disposable income rises, and decreases as income falls.

Disposable Income

Net resources for spending and saving available to households after subtracting income taxes.

MPC

MPC, or Marginal Propensity to Consume, is the proportion of additional income that an individual spends on consumption.

APC

Average Propensity to Consume, the fraction of income that households spend on consumption as opposed to saving.