Ebbinghaus found that ________
a. the rate of forgetting increased after the first few hours
b. forgetting occurred at a fairly steady pace
c. the rate of forgetting was slow during the first few hours, increased during the period of 6 to 12 hours after learning, then decreased again after 12 hours
d. the longer he waited to relearn a list of words, the more time it took for the relearning to occur.
Answer: d
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