Oliver is studying for his German midterm. He put a lot of time and effort into the weekly quizzes at the beginning of the term, so he is finding he doesn’t have to spend much time relearning the material from those quizzes. Ebbinghaus would say that the difference in study time to relearn is his ______.
a. savings
b. test-retest effect
c. process loss
d. learning empowerment
Ans: A
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