PSY-P 211 1st Edition Lecture 3Outline of Last Lecture I. Importance of research in Psychology II. Randomized Control Trials III. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder IV. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing Outline of Current Lecture I. The Stroop Test II. Interference a. Distraction b. Interference c. Incongruent condition III. How to Start and ExperimentCurrent LectureTHE STROOP TESTThe Stroop Effect is an investigation of reading and how individuals respond to words. Once learned reading is automatic, we can’t help it, if we see it, we will read it. -Why? - Because we have been told to read our entire lives Listening is also one of these automatic Tasks These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.INTERFERENCE The Stroop Effect is a way of measuring the amount of interference on a particular task. Sometimes some stimulus “grabs” your attention away from the task at hand. This is called distraction. Sometimes “automatic” processes actually conflict with what we are trying to do. This is interference. Why is it hard? - This (the NCWD) is the incongruent condition. HOW TO START AN EXPERIMENT Step 1: Decide what you want to research - Our topic: Interference from automatic processing Step 2: Find out what has been done before - “An hour in the library will save you a hundred hours in the
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