In each trial we were shown a word that either said GREEN, RED or BLUE that was shown in either green, red or blue font color. And my job was to press the correct key button with the correct color on the screen as quickly as possible. During this trial my job was to press either the J, K or L button when the colors were presented. When going through the trial the first one I got incorrect I was confused because it said GREEN but the color was blue so I pressed the green button. While going through the trial I had to keep repeating to myself the colors and not get confused with what the word said. I experienced confusing at times and had to concentrating harder than I normally would. When the brain sees the word “green” you automatically hit the green button, but if the word says “green” with a blue font color your brain has to think a little harder and not get confused.
The expected results were that people would tend to be faster at identifying the color when the word and font color are the same and be slower when they are different. And that is exactly what happened to me. I was a lot slower when the font and word color were different and didn’t hesitate at all when they were the same. …show more content…
It can occur every time you go to the grocery store. A shopping list changes the focus of your attention from the items on the shelf to the list in your hand. Instead of wandering down each aisle with a lot of distractions, your focus can be on the list. Where can I find this specific item? How many of these do I need? What’s next on my list? Being focused on the list can make it much harder to be distracted by the items on the shelf. If you walk the aisle without a mission then you usually end up with a lot of items in your cart you don’t need or you can get pulled away from the task easily. I don’t think it can be influenced by other factors such as fatigue or