According to Ebbinghaus, forgetting is
A)almost complete within two days with 90 percent of the information totally forgotten.
B)rapid at first and then followed by a slow decline.
C)slow at first and then followed by a rapid decline within 30 days.
D)characterized by a slow, steady decline from the moment the information is encountered.

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Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve illustrates that memory loss is rapid at first, then levels off, indicating that forgetting occurs quickly after learning something new, but the rate of forgetting decreases over time.

According to Ebbinghaus, Forgetting Is