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Stroop

Stroop is a Dutch surname. Notable people with the name include:

  • John Ridley Stroop (1897–1973), American psychologist, after which the Stroop effect was named
  • Jürgen Stroop (1895–1952), German SS commander responsible for the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto
  • Paul D. Stroop (1904–1995), officer of the United States Navy and a naval aviator

Usage examples of "stroop".

Stroop tried to flush them out by flooding the mains but the Jews managed to stop the flow of water.

Petersburg, next by some Old Believers, then by a teacher of Greek, and, finally, he is left under the protection and guidance of the Russified Englishman, Stroop.

During the Stroop interference task,” she says, looking at the report, “he has decreased activity of the anterior cingulate in both dorsal and subgenual regions, accompanied by increased dorsolateral prefrontal activity.

As a last gesture SS General Stroop dynamited the Great Synagogue on Tlamatzka Street.