Self-monitoring, need for cognition, and the Stroop effect: a preliminary study.

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The color-word Stroop task requires an individual to ignore one piece of information (word) while responding to another (color). Since self-monitors are good at adapting their responses to fit a situation and those high in need for cognition carefully think through information before responding, this study explored the relationship between self-monitoring and need for cognition using Stroop interference. It was anticipated that self-monitoring would reduce Stroop interference, while need for cognition would increase Stroop interference. 23 General Psychology students (10 men, 13 women, M(age) = 18.8 yr.) participated. Participants were given the Self-monitoring Scale, the Need for Cognition Scale, and the Stroop Color-Word Test. Analysis indicated that Need for Cognition was not correlated with Stroop interference (r = .31) but higher scores on Self-monitoring were correlated with lower Stroop interference (r = .43). Implications for research are suggested.

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Author/s: Koch, Christopher (C);

Affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Fox University, Newberg, OR 97132, USA. ckoch@georgefox.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Perceptual and motor skills (Percept Mot Skills), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Feb; vol 96 (issue 1) : pp 212-4

Dates: Created 2003/04/22; Completed 2003/08/04; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 12705528, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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