That's exactly it. I know HOW to program generically. I know what control flow is, how memory works, what a pointer and an object is. I just need some coaching on syntax because it's all just too much to memorize in one lifetime. But once I see it written and used in front of me, I can easily determine if it's any good or not.
It's amusing when it just makes up methods to objects of mine that don't exist. I can spot crap like that immediately. On one of those occasions I actually wrote it into the class so it would actually compile because I thought it was a useful thing.