The Stroop Effect

Overview

Objectives/Goals We observed the effect of age and gender on an individual's performance on the the Stroop Color and Word Test Methods/Materials In our experiment, we tested four different age groups of both male and female from elementary school, middle school, high school, and senior citizens (age 60 and older). We used standardized Stroop Color and Word Test and administrated it to each subject. On the first page they were asked to read the name of 100 color names as fast as they can. On the second page they were asked to state the color as it appeared on the paper. On the third page the subject was asked to tell the color of the words and ignore what the word reads. They were given forty-five seconds for each test and their score was recorded. Results The results of our experiment indicated that the high school females scored the best on the entire Stroop Color and Word Test. However the results of high school females were not significantly different from high school males. Thus, leading us to believe that individuals of both genders tend to gradually improve their results on the Stroop Effect as they grow older. Another significant result was overall low score of older age males as well as females. Surprisingly, the elementary males did better than the females and the overall test results were similar to the test results of old age males and females. Conclusions/Discussion We discovered that Interference decreases as age and education grows, then it increases greatly in older test subjects

Competition history

• CSEF 2004 Behavioral Sciences · Entry J0304

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