The Stroop task involves naming the colour of ink a coloured word is written in. The Stroop task is difficult when ________.
A) performed in a room decorated with many colours
B) the ink colour and the word are incongruent
C) many objects of different colours were shown to the subject immediately before the test
D) the ink colour and the word presented immediately before are incongruent

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The Stroop task becomes difficult when the ink color and the word are incongruent because it creates a conflict between the color the word spells out and the color of the ink, requiring more cognitive effort to suppress the automatic reading of the word to correctly name the ink color.

The Stroop Task Involves Naming the Colour of Ink a Coloured