José Studies, Stays Awake for Eight Hours, Then Sleeps for Eight

question 130

Multiple Choice

José studies, stays awake for eight hours, then sleeps for eight hours. Santos studies, then sleeps eight hours, and is then awake for eight hours. Regarding the amount of forgetting that each of these students will experience,

• A)José will forget more of what he studied than Santos.
• B)Santos will forget more of what he studied than José.
• C)Both will forget the same amount of material.
• D)Neither will forget a significant amount of material since only 16 hours have passed since they studied.

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