Carter is an infant who enjoys playing patty-cake with his mother. Carter does not do the hand motions to patty-cake all the time, but when his mother sits down in front of him and puts her hands together, he starts doing the hand motions. In which type of memory is Carter's knowledge of the hand motions to patty-cake stored?
A) sensory
B) working
C) short-term
D) long-term

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Carter's knowledge of the hand motions to patty-cake is stored in his long-term memory, as he is able to retrieve the information to perform the actions when prompted by his mother. This suggests that he has encoded the information and stored it for later use.

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