In Ebbinghaus's classic curve of forgetting, the greatest memory loss occurs
A)slowly over a course of weeks.
B)very slowly for a period of days and then rapidly increases.
C)at a consistent rate over weeks.
D)most rapidly after the material is learned.

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According to Ebbinghaus's classic curve of forgetting, the greatest memory loss occurs most rapidly after the material is learned. This is often referred to as the "forgetting curve" and suggests that newly learned information is most vulnerable to decay immediately after it is acquired.

In Ebbinghaus's Classic Curve of Forgetting, the Greatest Memory Loss