COGNITION
REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING
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steady and subsequently speeds up.
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rapid and subsequently slows down.
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slow and subsequently stays slow
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slow and subsequently speeds up
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Detailed explanation-1: -The psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus discovered in 1885 that people forget 80% of the newly learned material with 24 hours. His research of the capabilities of human memory led to the so-called forgetting curve.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some studies suggest that humans forget approx 50% of new information within an hour of learning it. That goes up to an average of 70% within 24 hours.
Detailed explanation-3: -What is the point to remember about Ebbinghaus’ learning experiments? Retrieval cues are things that can make it easier to remember something.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ebbinghaus measured the strength of memory by the savings that occurred between the first and second learning periods. It might take 10 trials to learn a list to the criterion of two perfect recalls the first time. If it only took 5 trials the second time, he called this 50% savings.