The Stroop effect provides evidence for
A) automatic processes involved in remembering.
B) active processes involved in remembering.
C) failure to suppress the active processes involved in remembering.
D) failure to suppress the active processes involved in recollecting.
E) conscious processes involved in remembering.

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The Stroop effect demonstrates the automaticity of reading and the difficulty of suppressing this automatic process when trying to name the color of the word instead of reading the word itself. It shows how automatic processes (like reading) can interfere with a task that requires attention (naming the color of the ink), but it's not directly about remembering or recollection processes.

The Stroop Effect Provides Evidence for