"Unused information simply fades away." This statement summarizes the:
A) interference theory.
B) schema theory.
C) theory of motivated forgetting.
D) decay theory.

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The statement "Unused information simply fades away" best summarizes the decay theory, which suggests that forgetting occurs due to the gradual fading of information over time when it is not used or rehearsed.

"Unused Information Simply Fades Away