Ebbinghaus's experiments in which a previously-learned list was systematically rearranged and the new list was learned provided evidence supporting
A)the recency principle
B)the contiguity principle
C)the similarity principle
D)none of the above

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Ebbinghaus's experiments demonstrated the contiguity principle, which states that items that are presented together tend to be remembered together. When lists were rearranged, recall was worse than when the items remained in the original sequence, supporting the idea that contiguous presentation aids in memory retention.

Ebbinghaus's Experiments in Which a Previously-Learned List Was Systematically Rearranged