Ovsiankina effect
English
editEtymology
editNamed after Maria Ovsiankina, a Russian-German-American psychologist (b. 1898–1993), who studied this effect.
Noun
editOvsiankina effect (plural Ovsiankina effects)
- (psychology) The tendency to pick up an interrupted action again when it has still not been completed.
- Coordinate term: Zeigarnik effect
See also
edit- Ovsiankina effect on Wikipedia.Wikipedia