People Performing a Stroop Task Will Generally

question 48

Multiple Choice

People performing a Stroop task will generally

• A) make many errors stating the color name instead of the color the word is printed in.
• B) miss a subtle change in a movie scene unless they focus their attention on it.
• C) categorize a fish as an animal faster than a trout as an animal.
• D) confuse the number of phonemes in a color word with the number of morphemes.

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Definitions:

Analgesic

A category of drugs used to achieve pain relief; also known as painkillers.

Pain

A negative sensory and emotional reaction related to either existing or impending bodily injury, or explained as if such injury has occurred.

Electromyography

A diagnostic procedure to assess the health of muscles and the nerve cells that control them (motor neurons) by recording the electrical activity produced by skeletal muscles.

Abbreviation

The shortened form of a word or phrase used to simplify writing usually followed by a period.