Which Statement BEST Describes the Results of Ebbinghaus's Work on Forgetting

question 21

Multiple Choice

Which statement BEST describes the results of Ebbinghaus's work on forgetting?

• A)Beginning immediately, a person will slowly forget what he has learned at a relatively constant rate.
• B)The person will remember what he learned pretty well for a day or two, but then he'll begin rapidly forgetting the material.
• C)The person will forget most of it right away, and he'll keep on forgetting more of it, although at a slower rate.
• D)Forgetting starts out slowly and then speeds up as time passes.

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