The Stroop effect demonstrates that when viewing
A)colors, we are successful at suppressing color representations when they are irrelevant to the task.
B)words, we are successful at suppressing word representations when they are irrelevant to the task.
C)colors, we cannot help but activate color representations even when they are irrelevant to the task.
D)words, we cannot help but activate word representations even when they are irrelevant to the task.

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The Stroop effect shows that people have difficulty suppressing the automatic process of reading words, even when the task is to name the color of the ink the words are printed in, indicating that word representations are activated even when irrelevant.

The Stroop Effect Demonstrates That When Viewing