Stroop
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Stroop may refer to:
- John Ridley StroopJohn Ridley StroopJohn Ridley Stroop was an American psychologist.Stroop was born in Rutherford County, Tennessee, USA. He developed a color-word task in 1935, named after him , to demonstrate interference in attention....
(1897–1973), an American psychologist- Stroop effectStroop effectPurple Blue Purple----Blue Purple RedGreen Purple Green----the Stroop effect refers to the fact that naming the color of the first set of words is easier and quicker than the second....
, a cognitive effect named after John Ridley Stroop which is used in a psychological test
- Stroop effect
- Jürgen StroopJürgen StroopJürgen Stroop, , was a high-ranking Nazi Party and Gestapo official during World War II. In 1952, he was extradited to Poland, convicted of war crimes, and hanged.-Early life:Jürgen Stroop was born in Detmold, in the Principality of Lippe, German Empire, the son of a police officer...
(1895–1952), a German SS commander responsible for the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto