In the ___,attention to one stimulus blocks our ability to attend to another stimulus.
A) pop-out effect
B) Stroop effect
C) context effect
D) reinforcement effect

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This is the basic definition of the Stroop effect, where the brain struggles to process conflicting information that is presented simultaneously. In the Stroop effect, we are asked to read the color of a word while ignoring the word itself. For example, if the word "green" is written in blue ink, it will be difficult to name the color 'blue', as our automatic response will be to read the word and say 'green'. This shows that attention to one stimulus (the word) blocks our ability to attend to another stimulus (the color).

In the ___,Attention to One Stimulus Blocks Our Ability to Attend