Hermann Ebbinghaus Studied Forgetting by Measuring the Amount of Time

question 9

True/False

Hermann Ebbinghaus studied forgetting by measuring the amount of time he required to relearn the same list of syllables.

---

Definitions:

Dark Adaptation

The process by which the eyes become more sensitive to light in low illumination, allowing for better vision in the dark.

Light Adaptation

The recovery of the eye’s sensitivity to visual stimuli in light after exposure to darkness.

Afterimage Resolution

The process by which the visual perception of an image continues to appear in one's vision after the exposure to the original image has ceased.

Opponent-Process Theory

A theory of color vision and emotion that explains how contrasting colors and emotions are processed in relation to each other.