In Chapter 11 we discussed a study known as the Stroop effect.Stroop developed 3 types of stimuli for his study.Each type of stimuli presented a different task that participants had to complete.Stroop then measured the amount of time it took the participants to complete each task.What is the independent variable in this study?

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The independent variable in the study is the stimuli presented to the participants. This is because Stroop manipulated the stimuli to be either congruent (matching color and word), incongruent (mismatching color and word), or neutral (presenting a color name in a different color). The time to complete the task and participants' reaction time are dependent variables that are being measured in response to the independent variable. The Stroop effect is not the independent variable, but rather the phenomenon that is observed as a result of the different stimuli.

In Chapter 11 We Discussed a Study Known as the Stroop