"Replication of nonsense-syllable retention." — Ebbinghaus (1885)
The shape of the curve illustrates which classic finding?
- A
Forgetting is uniform across intervals
- Bcheck_circle
Forgetting is rapid initially then levels off
- C
Forgetting accelerates linearly over time
- D
Memory improves with delay (reminiscence)
Explanation
Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve shows steep initial loss in the first hours/days followed by a flatter tail—the classic negatively accelerated decay function.