Compare the efforts of Hermann Ebbinghaus, who wanted to measure pure memory loss, independent of personal experience, with those of Marigold Linton, who studied how people forget real events

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: A good answer will include the following key points.
• Ebbinghaus memorized long lists of nonsense syllables, then tested his retention over a period of weeks.
• Most forgetting, for Ebbinghaus, occurred soon after the initial learning and then leveled off.
• Marigold Linton recorded daily events for a period of twelve years and tested herself monthly.
• In Linton's case, long-term forgetting was slower and proceeded at a more constant pace.

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