Research Methods

Participant #_______

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Executive Functioning Stroop Tests

Day/Night

Bring out both the picture of the day and night skies. “We are going to play a new game. Let’s look at

some pictures. Do you know which is a day sky? Now, which is a night sky?”

Make sure the child correctly identifies the day and night sky, reinforce. Now we are going to play a

game with these pictures. This is how the game works. When I say day, you point to the night sky.

When I say night, you point to the day sky. Let’s practice.

E: Day

If child answers correctly: That’s right! Now let’s practice one more time.

If child does not point to the night sky: Remind child to point to the night sky. E should then

run this practice trial again until child points correctly.

E: Night

If child answers correctly: Yeah! Good job! Now let’s play this game some more.

If child does not point to the day sky: Remind child to point to the day sky. E should then run

this practice trial again until child answers correctly. For both of these practice trials, E should assist the

child in pointing correctly if child is having trouble with the game.

Real trials: Now run 10 trials in this order allowing time for the child to point to the picture in between

each trial. Do not reinforce correct answers or try to fix incorrect responses. Do not look at the pictures

when asking the child to point to either day or night.

Codes for each trial:

(0) Fails to point; (1) Incorrect and never self-corrects (or starts correct but changes mind);

(2) Self-corrects; (3) Correct on first attempt and doesn't change mind

Trial Word Code

1 Day

2 Night

3 Night

4 Night

5 Day

6 Night

7 Day

8 Day

9 Night

10 Day

Global Code ________

# of 3's: ___ ; # of 2's ___ ; # of 1's ___; # of 0's ___ Total # of Trials ____ Total Score ____

Participant #_______

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Color Task Order =

We are going to play a new game. (place the compatible Red and incompatible Red pictures on the table.)

Do you know what this says? What color is this one (point to Red) written in? What color is this one

written in (point to Green)? **If the child cannot read the word on identification do the shape task in

pre and post test** Good job! Now, we are going to play a game with these pictures. This is how the

game works. When I hold a card you always say the color the word is written in. So, when I hold up this

card (written Red in Red) you say the color the word is printed in, Red. When I hold up this card (written

Red in Green), you say the color the word is printed in, Green. Let’s practice.

E: Hold Red Red

Child says Red: That’s right! Now let’s practice one more time.

E: Hold Red Green

If child says Green correctly: Yeah! Good job!

If child does not say Green: Remind child to say the color it is printed in. Run this practice

trial again until child answers correctly. For both of these practice trials, E should assist the

child in if child is having trouble with the game.

E: Great job! (E picks up the compatible and incompatible Blue pictures). Now, let’s look at these

pictures. What does this card say? What color is this one (point to Blue) written in? What color is this

one written in (point to Green)? Make sure the child correctly identifies the Blue and Green,

reinforce

E: Good job! Now, we are going to play a game with these pictures. This is how the game works. When

I hold a card you always say the color the word is written in. So, when I hold up the card (written Blue in

Blue) you say the color the word is printed in, Blue. When I hold up this card (written Blue in Green),

you say the color the word is printed in, Green. Let’s practice

E: Hold up Blue Blue

If child says Blue correctly: That’s right! Now let’s practice one more time.

E: Hold up Blue Green

If child answers Green correctly: Yeah! Now let’s play this game some more.

If child does not say green: Remind child to say the color the word is written in. E should then

run this practice trial again until child answers correctly. For both of these practice trials, E should assist

the child in pointing correctly if child is having trouble with the game.

E: Now, we’re going to play a really silly game with all four of these pictures! Real trials: Now run 10 trials in this order. Do not reinforce correct answers or try to fix incorrect

responses. Do not look at the pictures when asking the child to point.

Codes for each trial:

(0) Fails to point; (1) Incorrect and never self-corrects (or starts correct but changes mind);

(2) Self-corrects; (3) Correct on first attempt and doesn't change mind

Trial Card Code

1 Red/Red

2 Blue/Blue

3 Red/Green

4 Blue/blue

5 Blue/Green

6 Red/Green

7 Red/Red

8 Red/Red

9 Red/Green

10 Red/Red

Global Code ________

# of 3's: ___ ; # of 2's ___ ; # of 1's ___; # of 0's ___ Total # of Trials ____ Total Score ____

Participant #_______

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Participant #_______

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Shapes Order =

We are going to play a new game. Let’s look at some pictures. (E places the compatible Circle and

incompatible pictures on the table.) Do you know what this shape is? What shapes make up the circle

(point to circles)? What shapes is this circle made of (point to triangle)? Make sure the child correctly

identifies Circles, reinforce. E: Good job! Now, we are going to play a game with these pictures. This

is how the game works. When I hold a card you always say the color the shape it is made up of. So, when

I hold up the this card (compatible circle) you say the color the shape it is made up of, circle. When I

hold up this card (incompatible), you say the shape it is made up of, triangle. Let’s practice. E: Hold Compatible Child says Circle: That’s right! Now let’s practice one more time.

E: Hold incompatible

If child says circle/triangle correctly: Yeah! Good job!

If child does not say triangle: Remind child to say the word it is made up in. E should then run this

practice trial again until child answers correctly. For both of these practice trials, E should assist the child in if child

is having trouble with the game.

E: Great job! (E picks up the compatible and incompatible triangle pictures). Now, let’s look at these

pictures. What shape does this card have? What shape is this one made up of (point to compatible

triangle) written in? What word is this one made up of (point to incompatible triangle)? Make sure the

child correctly identifies the shapes, reinforce. E: Good job! Now, we are going to play a game with

these pictures. This is how the game works. When I hold a card you always say shape that it is made up

of, the smaller shapes. So, when I hold up the card (compatible) you say the shape the word is printed in,

triangle. When I hold up this card (incompatible), you say the shape the word is printed in, square, Let’s

practice E: Hold up compatible triangle

If child says triangle correctly: That’s right! Now let’s practice one more time.

E: Hold up incompatible triangle

If child answers square correctly: Yeah! Now let’s play this game some more.

If child does not say square: Remind child to say the smaller shapes. E should then run this practice trial

again until child answers correctly. For both of these practice trials, E should assist the child in pointing correctly if

child is having trouble with the game.

E: Now, we’re going to play a really silly game with all four of these pictures!

Real trials: Now run 10 trials in this order. Do not reinforce correct answers or try to fix incorrect

responses. Do not look at the pictures when asking the child to point. Codes for each trial:

(0) Fails to point; (1) Incorrect and never self-corrects (or starts correct but changes mind);

(2) Self-corrects; (3) Correct on first attempt and doesn't change mind

Trial Card Code

1 Circle

2 Triangle

3 Incompatible

Circle

4 Triangle

5 incompatible

triangle

6 incompatible circle

7 Circle

8 Circle

9 Incompatible

circle

10 Circle

Global Code ________

# of 3's: ___ ; # of 2's ___ ; # of 1's ___; # of 0's ___ Total # of Trials ____ Total Score ____

Participant #_______

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