A well-known test used in psychological research plays on the distinction between automatic and controlled processing. The test requires people to look at the written names of several colors ("green," "red," "blue," etc.)—names which are in all cases written in "non-matching" colors of ink (e.g., the word "green" might be written in red ink, while the word "red" might be written in yellow
ink)—and to identify, as quickly as possible, the color in which each word is written. This test is known as the ____.
a. Stroop test
b. Myers-Briggs test
c. Rorschach Inkblots
d. Implicit Association Test (IAT)
A
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A. positive reinforcement. B. habituation. C. spontaneous recovery. D. extinction.
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a) stop sign. b) the stimulus that acts as a US in classical conditioning. c) the white rat in Watson's Little Albert study of producing phobias. d) none of these.