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ZEIGARNIK EFFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 2006-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

observation that memory for incomplete tasks is greater than for completed ones; believed to be related to gestalt principle of closure.

OBS

Bluma Zeigarnik collaborated in 1927 with Kurt Lewin on research regarding incomplete tasks. Lewin, a German-American social psychologist of the Gestalt school, became known for his development of field theories in personality and social psychology and for his group dynamics research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

Phénomène remarqué par Bluma Zeigarnik : l'inachèvement ou l'échec d'une tâche conduit le sujet à une tension de frustration telle qu'il se souvient plus longtemps de ses échecs que de ses succès, de cette situation inachevée que des situations satisfaisantes.

Spanish

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