Which of the following statements best describes the forgetting function that Ebbinghaus discovered?
A. Information is forgotten at a relatively slow rate at first, and then the rate of forgetting speeds up.
B. Information is forgotten at a relatively constant rate once it has been learned.
C. Information stored in the long-term memory is never really forgotten.
D. Information is forgotten relatively rapidly at first, and then the rate of forgetting slows down.
Answer: D
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