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Excerpt from The Form of the Learning Curves for Memory A large number of writers have suggested what they call a typical practice curve. Bryan Harter indicates that the send ing curve for telegraphy conforms to the typical form. The sending curve conforms approximately to the well known typical practice curve with the important difference from the curves usu ally obtained in the laboratory that it extends over a much greater period of This form of the curve is one in which there is a rapid rise at the beginning indicating the rapidity of the learning in the early stages of practice. Later there is a gradual flattening of the curve indicating a progressive decrease in the Speed of the learning until a point is reached where the curve is parallel with the abscissa due to the fact that a limit of improve ment has been reached. Swift, on the other hand, seems to imply that the typical prae tice curve is one whose form corresponds to the curve obtained by him for practice in tossing of balls.4 This curve is the reverse of that given by Bryan Harter. It Shows a very Slow progress at the beginning and a final rapid rise at the end. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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