Question

Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve most clearly indicates that

Group of answer choices

a.our sensory memory capacity is essentially unlimited.

b.short-term memory fades more rapidly than sensory memory.

c.the most rapid memory loss for new information occurs shortly after it is learned.

d.prior learning disrupts the recall of new information.

Answer 1

Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve most clearly indicates that the most rapid memory loss for new information occurs shortly after it is learned.

Any information which is learnt needs enough practice and recall in order for the information to remain in the memory. This would mean that the information which is learnt would be forgotten as it would move away from the short-term memory. As there is no effort to retain the memory and take it to long term memory, the information learnt would be lost immediately after gained.

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