Raven has just finished learning a list of nonsense words given to her by her psychology instructor as part of a class activity. She had 100 percent recall at the end of class. According to Ebbinghaus's curve of forgetting, how quickly will Raven likely forget about 40 percent of the information she has just learned? a. within the first 20 minutes after leaving the class b. within the first day after leaving the class c. nearly a week after the class d. nearly a month after the class
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Given the options, we can eliminate (c) and (d) as they are too long for a 40% memory loss. Now, between (a) and (b), the first 20 minutes is more consistent with the rapid drop in memory retention described by Ebbinghaus's curve. Show more…
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