The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve shows that:
A)almost everything we learn is eventually forgotten.
B)there is not much forgetting soon after learning.
C)much of what we learn is forgotten very quickly.
D)there is a linear relationship between time and forgetting.

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The Ebbinghaus forgetting curve states that we forget a significant amount of what we learn very quickly, especially within the first hour or so after learning. The rate of forgetting slows down over time, but a significant amount of information is still lost over the long term. Therefore, option C ("much of what we learn is forgotten very quickly") is the best choice.

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