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Dyer, Frederick N. – 1972
The review summarizes empirical findings and theoretical views related to the Stroop color-word phenomenon, in which naming of a color is disrupted and delayed by the presence of an "irrelevant" word denoting a color different from the color patch. It was deemed important to increase awareness of this phenomenon, since it involves basic…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Bilingual Education, Cognitive Processes, Color
Underwood, Benton J.; Zimmerman, Joel – 1973
The central question of this report concerned the role of formal similarity in free recall of lists of trigrams and lists of three-letter word triads. Similarity was manipulated among trigrams by duplicating words. An initial study showed that lists of 16 letters were learned more rapidly than a list of 16 three-letter words. Therefore, in the…
Descriptors: Association (Psychology), Associative Learning, Cognitive Processes, College Students