Ebbinghaus Measured Forgetting as a Function of Retention Interval and Found

question 58

Multiple Choice

Ebbinghaus measured forgetting as a function of retention interval and found that

• A) forgetting is very slow at first but then speeds up.
• B) forgetting is rapid at first and the levels off.
• C) the amount of forgetting decreases steadily with retention interval.
• D) the amount of forgetting remains constant across all retention intervals.

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