title: Self-monitoring, need for cognition, and the Stroop effect: a preliminary study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, George Fox University, Newberg, OR 97132, USA. ckoch@georgefox.edu
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Koch
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003118:Color Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D011340:Problem Solving; D011932:Reading; D012016:Reference Values; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012660:Semantics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology