Why Does the Stroop Effect Work

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Multiple Choice

Why does the Stroop effect work?

• A) because it is more automatic for us to read the word than say the colour of the ink
• B) because reading is not an automatic process for us
• C) because people are highly tuned in to colour changes in their environment
• D) because we can only attend to one stimulus at a time

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