effortful
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6.9
- adjective
- /ˈɛfərtfəl/
- Research with children, in particular, has established that eye movements are sensitive indicators of effortful versus efficient cognitive processing during reading.
- effortful control
- effortful attention
- effortful processing
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Watch on YouTubeIt is more effortful to not portray the truth.
- It is more effortful to not portray the truth.
- It's really, it's much less effortful to drive around.
- No contact or low contact may not feel effortful.
- And so when you think about daily life, a lot of it is effortful.
- Because still to this day, despite all of the decades of research that have been done about this that show that when learning is effortful, it's better.
- If you look at poetry, poetry is inefficient prose, music is inefficient poetry, OK, it's all more difficult, it's more effortful.
- And you know, effectively, it's kind of effortful.
- In other words, doing something that's more effortful, even painful, you can rebound yourself out of that dopamine through much more quickly.
Examples
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Completing the puzzle was an effortful task that required both patience and concentration.
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With development, however, children's capacity for effortful control increases.
Academic text (1998) -
Therefore, achievement goals are process variables that reflect individual differences in effortful physical exertion.
Academic text (2009) -
Effortful control constructs have become extremely important in understanding the influences of temperament on behavior.
Academic text (1998) -
Effortful, goal-focused endurance is instrumental in both achieving and maintaining control in a social context.
Academic text (1994) -
The learner engages in effortful problem-solving activities to resolve the impasse and restore equilibrium.
Academic text (2012) -
The temperament quality of "effortful control" is evident in preschoolers but not infants (Rothbart, 1987).
Academic text (1998) -
She found studying for the exam to be quite effortful due to the amount of material covered.
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Running a marathon is an effortful endeavor that tests both physical endurance and mental toughness.
Synonyms
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1.1
Needing a lot of effort and often strict or severe
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1.6
Not easy to do or understand
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4.3
Needing a lot of work, care, or money at the same time
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4.9
Needing a lot of effort or energy
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7.7
Very difficult to do and needing a lot of effort over a long time
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6.8
A task or process that needs a lot of time and hard work
Needing a lot of time, effort, or attention
Antonyms
How Effortful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word effortful comes from effort (a 'strong push' or 'hard work') plus the ending -ful meaning 'full of'. So an effortful task is one that needs a lot of hard work, like pushing a heavy door that takes all your strength.