By learning a series of nonsense syllables and repeatedly testing his memory for them, Hermann Ebbinghause demonstrated that most of the "action" in forgetting occurs quickly after the event. That effect is known as
A) the forgetting effect
B) the forgetting curve
C) the decay response
D) the interference curve

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The term "forgetting curve" refers to the phenomenon of the rapid initial decline in memory retention after learning new information, which was first demonstrated by Hermann Ebbinghaus in his studies of memory.

By Learning a Series of Nonsense Syllables and Repeatedly Testing