Using Himself as His Only Subject, Ebbinghaus Originally Studied Memory

question 4

Multiple Choice

Using himself as his only subject, Ebbinghaus originally studied memory by learning and recalling hundreds of

• A) pages of fictional works.
• B) short stories.
• C) lists of nonsense syllables.
• D) pages of common words.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability within a set of data points, indicating how spread out the data points are from the mean.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis used in statistics that proposes no significant difference or effect between specified populations, conditions, or variables.

Type II Error

A Type II Error occurs in hypothesis testing when a false null hypothesis is not rejected, meaning a real effect or difference was missed.

Null Hypothesis

A statement used in statistics that suggests there is no significant difference or effect, serving as the default assumption to be tested.