Spirals+of+Stroop+Effect

toc **Title** Do Spirals Effect the Stroop Effect **Problem Scenario** I am testing this because what if a spiral really does change the outcome of the Stroop effect. If the outcome changes when someone changes the spiral that would be really cool because then that would prove that different writing styles affect reading speed. I thought of this for my science fair project because I went home and I looked for science fair projects and when I got sidetracked I was seeing how fast I could complete this and I thought I wonder if I can spin an idea for Science Fair off of this. I went on Google and found out the real name of the test and I was thinking and I was running through different ideas and I thought of the spirals. =Broad Question= Does a spiral effect the outcome of the Stroop effect. =Specific Question= Will a counterclockwise spiral change the outcome of the Stroop effect compared to a clockwise spiral. =Hypothesis= I hypothesize that a counterclockwise spiral will affect the outcome of the Stroop effect compared to a clockwise spiral. =**Graph of Hypothesis**= __**Stroop Effect:**__ In psychological, the Stroop Effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color (e.g., "blue," "green," or "red") is printed in a color not represented by the name (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue ink instead of red ink), naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors than when the color of the ink matches the name of the color __**Differential:**__ A difference between amounts of things __**Variable:**__ An element, feature, or factor that is liable to vary of change __**Test** **1:**__ ** Red, Black, Blue, Green, Purple ........etc. **
 * V **** ariables: **
 * Variables || Type of Variable (Independent, dependent, control) ||
 * Time Differential between Test 1 and 2 || Dependent ||
 * Stroop Effect test 1 Directions of Spiral || Independent ||
 * Stroop Effect test 2 Directions of Spiral || Independent ||
 * Pattern of the Test 2 etc. red, green, yellow, black, white, purple || Control ||
 * Pattern of Test 1 etc. red, yellow, blue, black, green, purple || Control ||
 * Age group male compared to female || Dependent ||
 * Number of words || Controls ||
 * Spaces Between Words || Control ||
 * Vocabulary List That Needs Explanation **
 * __Test 2:__ Green, Black, Blue, Yellow, White........etc. **

=General Plan= I will take five different gender middle school students and have them read out the two tests of the Stroop effect going in different spirals. Then I will take the times of test 1 counterclockwise and test 2 counterclockwise and then compare test 1 clockwise and compare them to test 2 clockwise. I will then put the data into an excel graph and make a graph.

Potential Problems And Solutions
More then 9+ hours of sleep the night before No Caffeine! Make sure I have the Same Number of Words Capitals or No Capitals: Capitals

Safety Or Environmental Concerns
None

What is your experimental unit?
One Person

Number Of Trials:
20

Number Of Subjects In Each trial:
5 Subjects for Each

Number of Observations:
40

When data will be collected
February 4th through March 1st

Where will data be collected?:
In Mr. Biche's Science Classroom

Resources and Budget Table

 * Item || Number needed || Where I will get this || Cost ||
 * Lab Notebook || 1 || Staples || $5.00 or less ||
 * Timer || 1 || I own One || $0.00 ||
 * Paper || 5 sheets of paper || Staples or My Own || $0.00 ||
 * Ink || One Cartridge || My House || $0.00 ||
 * Poster Board || 1 || Staples or Mr. Biche || $5.00 ||
 * Pencil || 1 || I Own One || $0.00 ||
 * Computer || 1 || I Own One || $0.00 ||
 * Adobe Illustrator || 1 Free Trial || It's Free || $0.00 ||

Detailed Procedure
1. I will go on Adobe Acrobat and make a Stroop Effect pattern, test 1 and test 2 and put one with a Counterclockwise spiral and one with a Clockwise spiral and print them both out. 2. I will go to school and get five girls and five boys to read both of the tests out loud, (test 1 counterclockwise, test 1 clockwise, test 2 counterclockwise, and test 2 clockwise) and I will time them and record the times for all four tests. 3. I will then figure out the time differential between test 1 counterclockwise and test 2 counterclockwise spiral. I will then find the time differential for test 1 clockwise spiral and test 2 clockwise spiral. 4. Once I find the time differential I will put the data into an excel graph and create a graph of the time differential.

Photo List
People Being Tested The Actual Tests

Time Line
February 1, Procedure, Timeline, and Photo List Complete February 4, Begin Experiments No Later Then March 1, Experiments Completed By March 7, Analysis March 15, Discussion and Background March 15, Wiki Complete March 22, Poster Complete March 29, KMS Science Fair

Data Table
CC= Counterclockwise C= Clockwise
 * Test || Male 1 || Male 2 || Male 3 || Male 4 || Male 5 || Female 1 || Female 2 || Female 3 || Female 4 || Female 5 ||
 * Test 1 CC ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Test 1 C ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Test 2 CC ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Test 2 C ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

=__**Data Analysis-**__=

**__Mistakes Data__**

 * Mistakes || Male 1 || Male 2 || Male 3 || Male 4 || Male 5 || Female 1 || Female 2 || Female 3 || Female 4 || Female 5 ||
 * ST1CC/C || 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || -2 ||
 * ST2CC/C || 0 || 1 || 0 || -2 || 2 || 1 || -2 || 0 || -4 || 0 ||

**__Time Data__**
  **Graphs**    The graphs show that most of the people took less time on the counterclockwise spiral than the clockwise and most people either had a bad time on the counterclockwise or the clockwise tests. One thing that I noticed for the mistakes for test 2 is that all the people that messed up always messed up on the purple, gray. I think that this happened because the color switch from the word gray coming right after the color gray.
 * Test || Male 1 || Male 2 || Male 3 || Male 4 || Male 5 || Female 1 || Female 2 || Female 3 || Female 4 || Female 5 ||
 * ST1C/CC || 0 || -1 || -1 || 0 || 0 || -2 || -3 || -1 || 0 || 1 ||
 * ST2C/CC || 3 || -6 || -8 || -8 || 16 || -1 || 0 || -3 || -3 || 2 ||

__Photos __
A Person Being Tested and Me Recording The Data Another Person Being Tested ==During my experiment, I recorded the times of middle school students reading off words off of the Stroop Effect in a spiral pattern. The Stroop Effect is a pattern in which the actual writing of the word is printed off in a different color then the text says. I noticed that on the first test there was really a one or two second difference and that on the second test the difference between counterclockwise and clockwise was really big or no difference at all. I also noticed that the mistake differential for test 1 and test 2 was really big. While most people were testing they would be going fine until they made their first mistake and then they would start making a lot of mistakes after that. Most people would have the most trouble with the Test 2 Counterclockwise. I continued my experiment until I had tested five girls and five boys. Then I took the data and subtracted the Stroop Test 1 Counterclockwise from Stroop Test 1 Clockwise, I also subtracted Stroop Test 2 Counterclockwise from Stroop Test 2 Clockwise. == =Conclusion= ===Because I hypothesized that a Counterclockwise spiral will affect the outcome of the Stroop Effect compared to a Clockwise spiral I have to reject my hypothesis because my results say that the clockwise pattern took more time than the counterclockwise spiral most of the time. Such as Male 4 and Male 3 who both took 8 more second on the clockwise spiral then on the counterclockwise. Another example is that out of all the tests, 15 out of 20 took longer on the clockwise spiral than on the counterclockwise.===
 * Results **

Discussion
After I completed my experiment I thought of ways I could improve upon my tests. Some ways I thought of were testing different age groups, I think this would change the results because older people might take a longer time to process the colors of the ink. Another thing that could be improved upon is my definition of a mistake, I could also record the spots in which they messed up, if they all messed up in one spot then I could record that and figure out why they messed up in they spot. Some more thing I could improve upon is like I what color people have the most trouble with and then see what that does and try to figure out why that color effects them. I didn't find any mistakes or problems in my data. My data answered my question, does a counterclockwise spiral affect the outcome compared to a clockwise spiral. **Benefit to Community and/or Science**

Abstract
For my experiment I took 10 middle school kids and had them read out the Stroop Effect, the Stroop Effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color (e.g., "blue," "green," or "red") is printed in a color not represented by the name (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue ink instead of red ink), naming the color of the word takes longer and is more prone to errors than when the color of the ink matches the name of the color. The thing was, for my project I had the Stroop Effect in a spiral pattern. The spirals were going counterclockwise and clockwise. I found that most people messed up on the counterclockwise Stroop Test 2, I think that's because A.) A counterclockwise spiral is hard to read off of anyways, and B.) The color and text differences make it even harder to read. Another thing I found is that the girls usually took less time than the boys. The girls also had less mistakes in total compared to the girls. A few other things I found were that the easiest test was the Stroop Test 1 clockwise, I think that is because that is the way we are used to reading, in a clockwise fashion.