COGNITION
THINKING AND LANGUAGE
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Is not the best way to study for a test
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Means you should study all the information at once, in the same space
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Was shown by Ebbinghaus to create better long term retention
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All of these answers
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Detailed explanation-1: -The spacing effect refers to the finding that long-term memory is enhanced when learning events are spaced apart in time, rather than massed in immediate succession (see Ebbinghaus, 1885/1964, for the first study on the spacing effect).
Detailed explanation-2: -The spacing effect is the observation that repetitions spaced in time tend to produce stronger memories than repetitions massed closer together in time. Research on the spacing effect dates back to Ebbinghaus (1885) and his book, Memory: A Contribution to Experimental Psychology.
Detailed explanation-3: -This is the basis of the learning method that is better known as ‘spaced repetition’. The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve is based on the observations that the sharpest decline in retention occurs within the first twenty minutes and is significant within the first hour. The curve then levels off after a day.
Detailed explanation-4: -The spacing effect demonstrates that learning is more effective when study sessions are spaced out. This effect shows that more information is encoded into long-term memory by spaced study sessions, also known as spaced repetition or spaced presentation, than by massed presentation ("cramming").
Detailed explanation-5: -Information that is spaced over time is better remembered than the same amount of information massed together. This phenomenon, known as the spacing effect, was explored with respect to its effect on learning and neurogenesis in the adult dentate gyrus of the hippocampal formation.