Jenny participated in a psychology experiment where she had to study lists of hundreds of nonsense syllables, such as BIM and KAG. After a few days, how much information would Jenny be expected to remember if her memory is consistent with Ebbinghaus' forgetting curve?
A) Jenny should remember most of the nonsense syllables she studied.
B) Jenny will misremember most of the nonsense syllables and create false memories.
C) Jenny will remember about 25 percent of the words she studied and forget the rest.
D) Jenny will probably not remember many nonsense syllables at all until she tries to relearn them.
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