The Stroop Effect Demonstrates That When Viewing

question 46

Multiple Choice

The Stroop effect demonstrates that when viewing

• A)colors, we are successful at suppressing color representations when they are irrelevant to the task.
• B)words, we are successful at suppressing word representations when they are irrelevant to the task.
• C)colors, we cannot help but activate color representations even when they are irrelevant to the task.
• D)words, we cannot help but activate word representations even when they are irrelevant to the task.

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