Synthesesia, StroopTest, and Sense Perception

Blog assignment
Record data and your responses to Activity A: 3 & 4; Activity B: 7, 8, 11, 12

Activity A: 3

Trial    Number of Dots Percentage Change in Score
1          29                                      ---
2          29                                      0%
3          30                                      3.45%
4          26                                      -10.34%
5          32                                      10.34%



Activity A: 4
After playing this game several times, I realized that sense perception and reason greatly affected my score. The first time that I played, the game, I didn't quite understand how to play the game. I spent a lot of time looking for the next dot, and spent too much time trying to figure out if there was some sort of pattern, rather than just trying to play the game as quickly as I could. However, the second time that I played, I began to understand the game and I got the hang of it. I tried to touch the dots faster and faster, and my eyes began to adjust to the game. I realized that my eyes were scanning the dots for the one dot that stood out. In addition, touch also made a difference when playing this game. My score was affected by the amount of time that it took me to click on one dot and then to find and to go to the next dot. Sometimes, my hand wasn't fast enough to the next dot. The more times that I played the game, the better that I got at it. Every time that I played, I was faster, and therefore, my score improved. (One the fourth run through, I was distracted by the person sitting next to me, therefore I did not do as well.)

Activity B: 7
Synesthesia is a condition that a very select number of people have. This condition enables the person to hear movement, or to taste/ see a certain color when they hear a certain sound. Basically, when the person is using one sense, another sense is also perceived as if that sense was also being used at the same time as the first sense.

Activity B: 8
When I personally listen to various types of music, I usually associate that particular type of music with a memory or a thought. For example, when I hear classical music, I usually think of the piano lessons that I used to take, or of a ballet that I once went to. In addition, sometimes when I listen to different types of music, I will associate that type of music with a particular emotion, and then I will associate that emotion with a certain color. Therefore, sometimes when I listen to a certain type of music, I will see a certain color. For example, when I hear rap music, I usually think of anger because rap music is often about anger or bad experiences. Therefore, I think of the color red, because red represents anger. Hence, when I hear rap music, I think of the color red.

Activity B: 11

Word Set 1 Time= 9.806 seconds
Word Set 2 Time= 21.042 seconds

Calculate the Difference= Word Set 2 Time- Word Set 1 Time
21.042 - 9.806= 11.236 seconds

Activity B: 12
The Stroop effect is a demonstration of interference in the reaction time of a task. When the name of a color (e.g., "blue," "green," or "red") is printed in a different color than the name, (e.g., the word "red" printed in blue instead of red ) naming the color that the word is printed in is much more difficult than simply naming the color that the word says.