Carla participates in an experiment in which she has to read a list of words that are the names of colors. Some of the words are printed in the same colored ink as the word; others are not. For instance, sometimes the word blueis printed in blue ink, and sometimes the word blueis printed in red, green, or black ink. The researcher records the amount of time it takes for her to read each word
Carla's reaction time is likely to ____ when the word and the ink are the same color and ____ when they are different colors.?
a. ?increase; increase
b. ?decrease; decrease
c. ?decrease; increase
d. ?increase; decrease
ANSWER:
c
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