John learned the capitals of all 50 US states when he was a child. As an adult, he can no longer recall or recognize any of the 50 state capitals. However, he relearned the capitals faster than Jenny who did not learn the state capitals as a child. John's relearning suggests that the information regarding the state capitals remained in his ________________ from the time he first learned them as a child.
A) sensory register
B) working memory
C) long-term memory
D) sensory register and working memory

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John's ability to relearn the state capitals faster than Jenny suggests that the information was stored in his long-term memory from when he learned them as a child. Sensory register is a very brief storage of sensory information, and working memory is a short-term storage and processing system. Therefore, neither of these options would explain John's ability to relearn the information faster than someone who never learned it before.

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