Question

Hermann Ebbinghaus measured forgetting by:A) measuring how long it took to relearn a previously learned list.B) measuring how long it took him to learn a list perfectly.C) seeing how long a list he could remember after hearing the list just once.D) counting the number of times he needed to hear a list before he could recall it perfectly.

Answer 1

C) seeing how long a list he could remember after hearing the list just once.

Step-by-step explanation:

Herman Ebbinghaus has developed a list of non-sense syllables which he tried to learn and then tested himself if he could retain the words after different point of time. He believed that memory retention is 100% at the time of remembering the list and then gradually decreases by 40% after the first few days.