The constant flux and caprice of mental events do not admit of the establishment of stable experimental conditions. Hermann Ebbinghaus admitcapricecondition Change image and share on social
Ideas which have been developed simultaneously or in immediate succession in the same mind mutually reproduce each other, and do this with greater ease in the direction of the original succession and with a certainty proportional to the frequency with which they were together. Hermann Ebbinghaus certaintydevelopdirection share on social
The aim of the tests carried on with these syllable series was, by means of repeated audible perusal of the separate series, to so impress them that immediately afterward they could voluntarily be reproduced. Hermann Ebbinghaus afterwardaimaudible share on social
Meanwhile the fact that the connection with the activity of memory in ordinary life is for the moment lost is of less importance than the reverse, namely, that this connection with the complications and fluctuations of life is necessarily still a too close one. Hermann Ebbinghaus activityclosecomplication share on social
On the basis of the familiar experience that that which is learned with difficulty is better retained, it would have been safe to prophesy such an effect from the greater number of repetitions. Hermann Ebbinghaus basisdifficultyeffect Change image and share on social
The amount of detailed information which an individual has at his command and his theoretical elaborations of the same are mutually dependent; they grow in and through each other. Hermann Ebbinghaus amountcommanddependent Change image and share on social
No matter how thoroughly a person may have learned the Greek alphabet, he will never be in a condition to repeat it backwards without further training. Hermann Ebbinghaus alphabetbackwardscondition Change image and share on social
Mental states of every kind, - sensations, feelings, ideas, - which were at one time present in consciousness and then have disappeared from it, have not with their disappearance absolutely ceased to exist. Hermann Ebbinghaus absolutelyceaseconsciousness share on social
Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants. Hermann Ebbinghaus alphabetconsonantconstruct Change image and share on social