During the Stroop test, subjects
A) experience interference from the physical characteristics of a word, such as the color in which it is written, as they attempt to read the word out loud.
B) are asked to identify a visually presented word while another word is simultaneously presented auditorily.
C) are asked to repeat out loud what they hear through head phones as soon as they hear it.
D) experience interference from the semantic characteristics of words as they attempt to identify their physical characteristics, such as color.

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The Stroop test involves naming the color of the ink a word is printed in, which can be difficult when the word itself is the name of a different color, causing interference from the semantic meaning of the word.

During the Stroop Test, Subjects