Stimulus-Response Conflict Tasks and Their Use in Clinical Psychology

This article reviews the historical usage of the concept of 'conflict' in psychology and delineates the design and development of three basic conflict tasks (Stroop, Flanker, Stop Signal). Afterwards, important theoretical concepts to account for conflict processing are introduced. In the second part, the usage of these tasks in clinical psychology is considered. The article closes with some reflections regarding factors that may have been hitherto largely neglected in this respect.

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This article discusses the historical usage of the concept of 'conflict' in psychology, outlines the design and development of three basic conflict tasks, and introduces important theoretical concepts for conflict processing. It also considers the usage of these tasks in clinical psychology and reflects on factors that have been neglected in this respect.