Results from Hermann Ebbinghaus's Studies of the Forgetting Process Revealed

question 264

Multiple Choice

Results from Hermann Ebbinghaus's studies of the forgetting process revealed that memory ____________.

• A)decreased at a more or less constant rate over time
• B)decreased slowly at first and then sharply decreased after nine to ten days
• C)remained relatively constant for the first three to four days and gradually decreased after this
• D)decreased rapidly at first and then slowed noticeably afterward

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