Which Statement BEST Describes the Results of Ebbinghaus Work on Forgetting

question 221

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST describes the results of Ebbinghaus work on forgetting?

• A) Beginning immediately,a person will slowly forget what he has learned at a relatively constant rate.
• B) The person will remember what he learned pretty well for a day or two,but then he'll begin rapidly forgetting the material.
• C) The person will forget most of it right away,and he'll keep on forgetting more of it,although at a slower rate.
• D) Forgetting starts out slowly and then speeds up as time passes.

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