The Zeigarnik effect in a sample of mentally retarded persons

R D House; E G McIntosh

doi:10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.702

The Zeigarnik effect in a sample of mentally retarded persons

Percept Mot Skills. 2000 Apr;90(2):702. doi: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.702.

Authors

R D House¹, E G McIntosh

Affiliation

¹ Department of Psychology and Counseling, Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, Normal 35762, USA.

PMID: 10833770
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.2.702

Abstract

A conceptual replication of the well known Zeigarnik effect was attempted with persons who had organic brain dysfunction. Data from a sample of 56 mentally retarded persons showed a significant difference in the recall of uncompleted versus completed tasks, thus establishing the Zeigarnik effect in that population.

Publication types

Clinical Trial
Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Humans
Intellectual Disability / diagnosis
Intellectual Disability / psychology*
Male
Mental Recall*
Middle Aged
Models, Psychological*
Thinking*