The Effect of Gender on the Stroop Effect

Methods / Materials Informed consent was obtained from 200 students aged 12 to 15, 100 boys, and 100 girls. Everyone performed three timing tests on the computer. Test # 1 is a control test for color recognition. Test # 2 is a control test for word recognition. Test # 3 measures the stroop effect of each person

Results Test # 1, color recognition control, the girl won an average of 73 points (out of 10 points) in 14.8 seconds. Boys gained an average of 31 points in 14.5 seconds. In test # 2, girls won 9 out of 9 in 11.9 seconds to control word recognition. The boy won an average of 79 points and 11.7 seconds per 10 minutes. In the test of Stroop effect, test # 3, the girl scored an average of 61 points (out of 10 points) in 15.3 seconds. Boys gained an average of 51 points (out of 10 points) in 16.5 seconds.

As a result of conclusion / discussion using 10% confidence intervals, there was no significant difference in color recognition, word recognition or stroop effect between males and females. If the girl's score is a little high, it may indicate that the girl is a reader or has a high degree of concentration.

Does the influence of sex lead to the test of Stroop? Clearly the gender plays a part in this test. I guess the hypothesis that sex affects the stroop effect. This is because the average time of gender changes more quickly in all tests. After studying that the female brain develops faster than men, I did my assumption, so I think that's why women answer faster. Throughout this experiment, I learned that observing your subject in experiment is very important. If I do this again, I will test kids who do not know how to read and see how fast they affect these colors. I may also test people every day at the same time so they may have more similar energy levels.

My question about the science fair project is as follows. Does the influence of sex lead to the stroop effect? After understanding the stroop effect, I chose this question. The brain is one of the most amazing advanced parts of the body and can slow down with things as slow as color ink variables. This is really attractive. To my surprise, such a small amount can have such a big impact. After learning about the stroop effect, I looked for various experiments including specific phenomena. One of them is the above problem, and the age effect leads to the stroop effect. I think this is a very interesting idea. I do not think that gender affects spiritual games, but obviously different gender develops at different times, which can have a significant impact on the test.