When Modern-Day College Students Memorize One of the Lists That

question 31

Multiple Choice

When modern-day college students memorize one of the lists that Ebbinghaus memorized, what is generally true about the rate of forgetting?

• A) College students forget the items on the list much quicker than Ebbinghaus did.
• B) College students forget at about the same rate Ebbinghaus did.
• C) College students remember the items better than Ebbinghaus did.
• D) College students forget at a faster rate than Ebbinghaus, but show more spontaneous recovery.

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