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In psychology, the Ovsiankina effect describes the innate human urge to finish tasks previously initiated. This tendency to resume an interrupted action is especially prevalent when the action hasn't yet been achieved. [1] The effect is named after Maria Ovsiankina, who conducted research on this behavior.
When the skin is pinched, the amount of time the pinch remains visible following the pinch is an indicator. [2] When skin has been damaged by the sun, pinching can be used to determine the amount of damage. Examining the appearance with varying amounts of time following the pinch can be used to determine the amount of damage. [3]
Her approach to the prior effect study showed "that it was not the interruption of the action per se that is responsible for the Zeigarnik effect. The determining factor is the psychological situation as it is perceived by the individual; i.e., whether the goal (e.g., solving a task correctly) is perceived as having been accomplished or not". [ 3 ]
A simple experiment to demonstrate the ideomotor effect is to allow a hand-held pendulum to hover over a sheet of paper. The paper has words such as "yes", "no", and "maybe" printed on it. Small movements in the hand, in response to questions, can cause the pendulum to move towards the words on the paper.
Another resident, Edvard Jensen, was more dismissive, telling DR that he didn’t believe Trump would invade Greenland. “He just wants the attention, and now he has it.”
Basic research on processing fluency has been applied to marketing, [29] to business names, and to finance. For example, psychologists have determined that, during the week following their IPO, stocks perform better when their names are fluent/easy to pronounce and when their ticker symbols are pronounceable (e.g., KAG) vs. unpronounceable (e.g., KGH).
Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, sticking to their belief that government spending ...