Which of the Following Statements BEST Describes the Forgetting Function

question 199

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements BEST describes the forgetting function that Ebbinghaus discovered

• A)Material is forgotten at a relatively constant rate once it has been learned.
• B)Material is forgotten relatively rapidly at first, then the rate of forgetting slows down.
• C)Material is forgotten at a relatively slow rate at first, then the rate of forgetting speeds up.
• D)Nothing is ever really forgotten.

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