Question

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 rst 20 minutes after leaving the classb. within the rst day after leaving the classc. nearly a week after the classd. nearly a month after the class

Answer 1

Option (a).

Step-by-step explanation:

Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve may be defined as the curve that are used to determine the decreases ability of the brain to memorize the thing. This was first hypothesized by Ebbinghaus.

The ability of memorize the things will depend upon the individual and on the strength of the memory. As Raven was 100% recall the the end of class, she can forget the 40% memory by leaving at the rest 20 minutes after the class. The memory retain with her long that gas the high strength.

Thus, the correct answer is option (a).