Ebbinghaus's Finding That Memory for a Learned Task Drops Off

question 57

Multiple Choice

Ebbinghaus's finding that memory for a learned task drops off most steeply immediately after the learning and then declines more slowly exemplifies the __________.

• A) forgetting curve
• B) method of savings
• C) psychophysical law
• D) stimulus error

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