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Instructions for the Stroop Experiment
This experiment will allow you two generate
your own Stroop experiment with anywhere from 1 to 4 conditions. When you
click on the link below, you will be presented with the experiment setup screen
where you can set up the conditions for your experiment. If you do not
change any conditions, your experiment will have the two classic conditions of
the Stroop experiment: Congruent words, where the color word and the color of
the word match, and incongruent words, where color word and the color of the
word are different. In both conditions, your task is to respond to the
color of the word.
The table below describes all of the
variables that you can set and what the default settings are for the standard
experiment. The default setting is in bold and parentheses at the end of
the list of settings.
| Variable |
Settings (Default) |
| Number of Conditions to Test |
1,2,3, or 4. (2) |
| Conditions |
Below is a list of conditions that you can use in the
experiment.
- Congruent Words (color and word same)
- Incongruent Words (color and word different)
- XXXX Colored (string of X's
colored)
- Word White
- Congruent Reversed (color and word same but word
backward)
- Incongruent Reversed (color and word different but word
backward)
- Beginning Congruent (first two letters of the color word then x's
in congruent color)
- Beginning Incongruent (first two letters of the color
word then x's in an incongruent color)
- End Congruent (two x's then last
letters of word in congruent color)
- End Incongruent (two x's then last
letters of word in incongruent color)
- Middle Random Congruent (first and last letter in
correct position, the middle in random order in congruent color)
- Middle Random Incongruent (same as above but in an
incongruent color)
- End Random Congruent (first letter in correct
position, rest of letters in random position, in congruent color)
- End Random Incongruent (same as above but in an
incongruent color)
- Beginning Random Congruent (last letter incorrect
position, the rest in random position, in congruent color)
- Beginning Random Incongruent (same as above but in
an incongruent color)
(Congruent Words and Incongruent Words)
(Some conditions are incompatible with other conditions because of
limitation on responding to different conditions. If you pick a
condition that has a response conflict, you will be informed of this
situation, and your choice will not be allowed.) |
| Colors to Use |
Click on the check boxes to have the
colors and the corresponding words used in your experiment.
Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Orange, and Purple
(Red, Green, Blue, Yellow) |
| Respond to What? |
Whether the participant is to respond to
the color or the word. (Set automatically and not available in
conditions XXXColored, for partial words, and when the words are not
colored). Respond to Color, Respond to Word
(Respond to Color) |
| Number of Words in Condition |
The number of words that will be
displayed, from 20 to 200.
(25) |
| Location of the word |
Center, Left, or Right. If the
words are not centered, there is a fixation mark shown and the words are
oriented vertically.
(Center) |
| Distance from Center |
If the words are not centered, this is
the distance of the word from the center measured as a proportion of the
distance from the center to the edge of the screen. (0nly visible when
location is other than center).
(0) |
After you have finished making your settings, press the Done button at the
bottom of the screen.
The Stroop experiment screen will then be presented.
In the middle the screen, brief instructions will be presented. You will
be told what condition you will be running next and whether to respond to the
color or the word. Note that the order of the conditions will be randomly
determined by the experiment.
Press the button at the top of the page or the space bar to begin the
experiment. First a fixation mark in the middle of the screen will be
presented. It will be removed if the words are presented in the center.
When the word or string of X'x is presented, respond as indicated in the
instructions.
You can do this three ways:
- press the relevant button at the bottom of the screen.
- press the following keys: r for red, g for green, b for blue, y for yellow,
o for orange, or p for purple.
- press the following keys: a for red, f for green, j for
blue, ; for yellow, x for orange, or m for purple.
The stimuli are randomly selected but words are never
repeated twice in a row.
At the end of the experiment, your results will be presented, both average
reaction time and your accuracy. You can also get your trial by trial
results. To submit your data to Online Psychology Laboratory, press
the "Submit Data" button at the bottom of the screen. Closing your results window(s) will take you back to the setup
window so you can run another experiment.
Click here to start the experiment.
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