Hermann Ebbinghaus Forgot a New List That He Learned Faster

question 51

Multiple Choice

Hermann Ebbinghaus forgot a new list that he learned faster than did most college students who participated in later experiments. Why did Ebbinghaus forget so rapidly?

• A) repression
• B) encoding specificity
• C) retroactive interference
• D) proactive interference

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