Effects of Taboo Words on Color-Naming Performance on a Stroop Test
- 1 December 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 81 (3_suppl) , 1119-1122
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1995.81.3f.1119
Abstract
The effect of irrelevant taboo and control words on performance on the Stroop task was examined. The mean response time for taboo words was higher than that for control words. Single stimulus presentation made it possible to estimate internal consistency for interference of taboo words, which was acceptable (Cronbach alpha = .80).Keywords
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