Ebbinghaus found that ________.A) the rate of forgetting increased after the first few hoursB) forgetting occurred at a steady and even paceC) the rate of forgetting was slow during the first few hours, increased during the period of 6 to 12 hours after learning, then decreased again after 12 hoursD) the longer he waited to relearn a list of words, the more time it took for the relearning to occur.

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Ebbinghaus found that ________.A)  the rate of forgetting increased after the first few hoursB)  forgetting occurred at a steady and even paceC)  the rate of forgetting was slow during the first few hours, increased during the period of 6 to 12 hours after learning, then decreased again after 12 hoursD)  the longer he waited to relearn a list of words, the more time it took for the relearning to occur.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Ebbinghaus discovered that the longer the interval between initial learning and relearning, the more time it took to relearn the material, demonstrating the forgetting curve.

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