Ebbinghaus Identified a Forgetting Curve in Which the Course of Forgetting

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Multiple Choice

Ebbinghaus identified a forgetting curve in which the course of forgetting is initially rapid and then levels off with time.This finding was later confirmed by

• A) Shereshevsky.
• B) Corkin.
• C) Sacks.
• D) Bahrick.

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