Research Aim
The aim of my research was to explore how the manipulation of different variables would affect an individual's selective attention, and thus their performance in the stroop test.
Stroop Test
Rotation Stroop Test
Hypothesis & Testing
Hypothesis: When participants are required to identify the font color of a distorted word that has an incompatible text and font color, the more distorted the word is, the less selective attention is required.
Testing: For the rotation stroop test, the test was performed on Korean students between the ages of 16 and 17 who were attending international schools and were fluent in English. Testing took place within a quiet room and contained a total of 8 rounds.
Data & Results
After I collected my data, I analyzed the data. During this process, I realized that I had to exclude three participants due to a diagnosis of ADHD, lack of motivation, and an outlier. After, from the remaining participants, I found that time and angular distortion levels are inversely proportional. This meant more angular distortion led to faster reaction times and vice versa.
Monolingual v. Bilingual Stroop Test
Hypothesis & Testing
Hypothesis: When participants are required to identify the font color of a word, and not read the word, bilingual participants will have more attentional control and cognitive flexibility compared to monolingual participants.
Testing: For the this stroop test, the test was performed on Korean, Indonesian, and American students between the ages of 16 and 17 who were attending international and public schools and were fluent in English and their mother tongue. Testing took place within a quiet room and contained a total of 12 rounds.
Data & Results
From the data from Korean, Indonesian, and American students I came to a conclusion on how monolingualism and bilingualism affect an individual during the stroop test. Based on the data, the interference rate of monolinguals was greater than the interference rate of bilinguals. This meant that monolinguals have higher cognitive flexibility and attentional control than bilinguals.
