The Stroop Effect: Automatic and controlled processes and the time taken to identify colours and words Abstract The aim of the experiment was test whether automatic processing could affect a colour related task. Previous research has found that the response time of reading the colour of the ink of colour associated words was greater than reading the colour of the ink of neutral words. The experiment retested the Stroop effect to measure the incursion of automatic processing. The results showed
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Abstract This report is designed to investigate the short term memory & the recency effect alongside the long term memory & the primacy effect. A task of recalling two sets of words (unrelated and related) were used and a sample of 20 mixed (M & F) psychology students in a within subject design. The data was collected and interpreted on a graph and the results show that the primacy and the recency effect‚ which supports the idea of two separate stores. Introduction This report
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The Effects of Sexual Abuse PSY/265 March 8‚ 2013 The Effects of Sexual Abuse When you talk about the short term and long term effects of sexual abuse‚ the list can be long with many variables. The variables can be anything from someone being raped by someone they do not know‚ which still has the same damaging effects but not to the extreme when the individual was raped by someone they know and had a relationship with. Another example of a variable that could affect short-term and long-term
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Drinking alcohol is like taking a drug. It is a form of drug abuse‚ and drug addiction. This is a worldwide problem that many people are involved in. There are good effects of alcohol if it is in small amounts‚ and in moderation. On the other hand there are bad short and long term effects. The effects that a person will get are all based on certain factors like‚ how much and how often alcohol is consumed‚ the age of the person‚ when the person started and how long they have been drinking for‚ gender
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Elliott Nickell Prof. Matthew Schmeer English 121 8/28/13 Greenhouse Emissions Caused by Transportation Global Warming is defined as an increase in the earth’s normal atmospheric temperature due to the greenhouse effect (Dictionary.com). The warming of earth’s atmosphere occurs when “CO2 absorbs infrared radiation and then re-radiates it back toward the surface of the planet” (Mahlman). Reducing unnecessary travel and shipping will reduce CO2 emissions. The amount of carbon dioxide in our
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The Psychological Effects of Alcoholism There are many people who live a life that is painful and which they want to escape from. Due to this people will often turn to alcohol and abuse the privilege. When people think of the effects of alcohol‚ they think about the physical effects it has on the body. What is discussed less frequently‚ but in some cases equally damaging‚ is the effect alcohol takes on the mind. Alcoholism will take you on a one way road to failure‚ which leads to losing a
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Alcoholism and its effects on society The alcohol is a terrible disease that effects not only your own body and mental health but also it effects everybody who surrounds you. By being an alcoholic you are experiencing all different types of problems. It can be either a problem with a lack of money that will bring you to the friends who are going to get tired of it sooner or later‚ or alcohol will ruin your healthy relationship with your family and your lovely kids. People who are
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Automated Greenhouse Monitoring System Our team selected this project for our Senior Design as we believe such a product will have great marketability in the near future. At this point in time‚ the world’s pollution problem has led to unpredictable weather conditions all over the world. With these ever changing weather conditions‚ it is expected that the number of greenhouses will significantly increase in the near future‚ thus leading to a great demand for automated greenhouse monitoring systems
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Alcohol abuse is increasing in our society especially among the younger generation‚ this issue has many causes and effects. For example‚ peer group people emotional‚ social and family issues. Unfortunately‚ the person doing the drinking is not the only one who feels the impact of this abuse. It has a profound and direct impact on their families as well as their friends and acquaintances. When you are an alcoholic‚ even though you may not notice the changes‚ everyone else around you will. It may
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1. The circumference of the earth at the equator is 24‚901.55 miles‚ a fact I learned in my earth science class many years ago. Today‚ the earth feels considerably smaller thanks to the amazing advances in technology over the past 100 years. While the way we communicate has had the greatest impact on our world; the development of aviation comes in a close second. The past century has seen commercial aviation go from non-existent to an everyday necessity for accomplishing many different tasks
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