Participants with High and Low Working-Memory Capacities (WMC) Are Asked

question 32

Multiple Choice

Participants with high and low working-memory capacities (WMC) are asked to complete a Stroop task, where words are presented in different colors of ink, and participants have to read the color of the word aloud, instead of the word. How would you expect the high- and low-WMC groups to perform?

• A) High-WMC participants will make more errors than low-WMC participants.
• B) Low-WMC participants will make more errors than high-WMC participants.
• C) Low-WMC participants will respond faster than high-WMC participants.
• D) There will be no difference between high- and low-WMC participants.

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