Ginny is 70 years old and is taking a computer course at the local community college She is learning to use the word processing feature on a computer and is attempting to "copy and paste" a section of text. As she attempts this procedure, she "talks" herself through the steps that her instructor taught her. To complete this task, Ginny is using

a. an algorithm.
b. a heuristic.
c. insight.
d. a random search strategy.

ANSWER: a

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