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Unit 5 – Cognitive Psychology
Topic 5.5
What change happened in the study of forgetting as a result of Hermann Ebbinghaus' research?
Ebbinghaus conclusively proved that humans never forget anything they've ever learned,
He claimed that people retain all information they learn just after waking up.
His research showed that forgetting is a linear process, happening at a constant rate.
The concept of "the forgetting curve" emerged indicating forgetting happens rapidly at first but then levels off over time.
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