Abstract: In this study, the differences between Cue-Stimulus Compatibility (CSC) and Cue-Response Compatibility (CRC) were investigated within a precueing paradigm when the experimental task was inconsistent color naming. 18 college students participated in the experiment voluntarily and were paid after the experiment The results showed that the CSC was stronger than CRC when they conflicted. So only the CSC effects were found in the experiment. Results were the same as found in previous studies, the CSC was influenced by the time duration between cue and stimulus and the probability of the cues. The serial researches on cue compatibility, including the CSC, the CRC and the comparison between them supplied evidences to prove the efficiency of DOM, in which the compatibility is a basic feature of information processing

Key words: cue compatibility, automatic activation, valid probability