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Peer reviewedHarris, Larry P. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1980
Eighteen profoundly retarded men (mean age 41) were given repeated presentations of a two-choice visual discrimination using a modified Wisconsin General Test Apparatus and two probabilistic reinforcement schedules counterbalanced for order. (Author)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Patterns, Institutionalized Persons, Learning Theories
Direct linkChajut, Eran; Lev, Shlomo; Algom, Daniel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2005
The Stroop effect is psychology's classic measure gauging the selectivity of attention to individual attributes of complex stimuli. The emotional Stroop effect gauges the influence on behavior of threat and emotional stimuli. The former taps central/executive processes abstracted from particular stimulus contexts, whereas the latter taps automatic…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Visual Learning, Measures (Individuals), Visual Discrimination
