When Subjects Are Asked to Name the Color of Ink

question 9

Multiple Choice

When subjects are asked to name the color of ink in which a word is printed and the word itself is the name of a different color,subjects typically:

• A) are about as fast as when they name the color for a word of the same color.
• B) experience such conflict that their reading process breaks down immediately.
• C) show little interference because physical traits of stimuli override contextual traits.
• D) are much slower than when naming the color for a word of the same color.

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