J ridley stroop biography sample

American psychologist

John Ridley Stroop (; March 21, 1897 – September 1, 1973), better known as J. Ridley Stroop, was an American psychologist whose research in cognition and interference continues to be considered by some as the gold standard in attentional studies and profound enough to continue to be cited for relevance into the 21st century.^[1][3] However, Christianity was the real passion of his life; psychology was simply an occupation.^[2]

Early life

John Ridley Stroop was born in the rural community of Hall's Hill, outside Murfreesboro in Rutherford County, Tennessee.^[1] In poor health as an infant, his family thought that he was not going to live long so he was spared part of the heaviest farm work.^[1] Stroop was brilliant in his local county school at Kitrell, finishing the first of his class.

He attended David Lipscomb High School in Nashville, graduating in 1919. Stroop then began to study a