Jenna is enrolled in a high school geometry course, which she describes as "drawing figures and figuring drawings." In a typical class, students draw geometric figures and use a formula to calculate an aspect of the figure, such as its area. Each time Jenna uses a formula, she is making use of what psychologists call __________.
A. heuristics
B. logarithms
C. algorithms
D. convergence
Answer: C
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A. storage. B. potentiation. C. retrieval. D. encoding.