You are given a series of words on a computer screen and asked to say the color that the word is printed in as quickly as possible. Your response time is especially long for the words PSYCHOLOGY, MIDTERM, and GRADUATION. The experimenter concludes that you are

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This scenario is an example of the Stroop effect, where the brain's reaction time slows when it has to deal with conflicting information. In this case, the words "PSYCHOLOGY," "MIDTERM," and "GRADUATION" likely trigger anxiety related to academic performance and future prospects, causing a delay in processing the color of the word. This is not about familiarity (A), eye focus issues (B), or depression (D), but rather the emotional response to these specific words.

You Are Given a Series of Words on a Computer