PSYC 3506 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Stroop Effect, Cognitive Flexibility
13 Mar 2015
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Executive function: a group of processes which allow for flexibly responding to our environment and engaging in deliberate, goal- directed thought and action. These processes include inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, working memory and planning. ( a set of skills, * changes in ef can be seen in infancy, preschool years, later childhood, adolescence, and onward measures of ef fall into four major categories: * attentional flexibility (task switching): ability to see things. Saw 2 shoes of different size and coulour one was blue other red and a red flower. Asked how these things go together or how they do not go together. Hard for children to be flexible in their thoughts. Conflict ( think about the stroop task) conflict arises when you stop yourself for doing something automatic. Delay: not doing something before a certain tike. * demo using a task designed for adults ( stroop task)
