Hermann Ebbinghaus quotes - page 2

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. But if he chances to set out purposely to learn it backwards, he will probably accomplish this in noticeably shorter time than was the case in the previous learning in the customary order. (Hermann Ebbinghaus)

The learning of the syllables calls into play the three sensory fields, sight, hearing and the muscle sense of the organs of speech.

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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.

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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.

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These syllables, about 2,300 in number, were mixed together and then drawn out by chance and used to construct series of different lengths, several of which each time formed the material for a test.

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Hermann Ebbinghaus

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Occupation: German Psychologist
Born: January 24, 1850
Died: February 26, 1909
Quotes count: 30
Wikipedia: Hermann Ebbinghaus

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