Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zeigarnik effect

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zeigar-nik -ef-fect
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.

Etymology

After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.

Inflected Forms

Zeigarnik effects (plural)

Questions

What does zeigarnik effect mean?: The effect that remembering something is easier if a study period is interrupted by other tasks.
Where does zeigarnik effect come from?: After Bluma Zeigarnik, Soviet psychologist and psychiatrist (d. 1988), who studied the phenomenon.

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