Dont understand this question - can anyone shed some light?

It doesn't need to be a part of the object. The important thing is that the function tries to output this.name. this can be made to point at a certain object.

When you use Function.prototype.apply, you pass two parameters. The first one gets explicitly bound as the value of this inside the function that it was called on. The other is an array of parameters.

var greeting = genericGreet.apply(andrew, args1);

The same is true for Function.prototype.call, only it doesn't take an array parameters, you just list them one by one.

The value of this inside a function can be bound in four ways. If you use a constructor, this gets bound to the object that's created:

function MyConstructor(someValue) {
   this.someValue = someValue;
   this.myMethod = function () {
      console.log(this.someValue);
   };
}

var myObject = new MyConstructor(); // binding through the use of a constructor
myObject.myMethod();  // logs myObject.someValue

You can explicitly bind it by using .call(), .apply() or .bind(). In this case, the function will behave as if it was a method on the object that you passed as the first parameter. An example of that is this code challenge.

It can get implicitly bound, if the function is called in the context of an object:

var someFunction = function() {
   console.log(this.someValue);
};

var myObject = {
   someValue: "some text",
   someMethod: someFunction // implicit binding
};

myObject.someMethod(); // logs myObject.someValue

And finally, if none of these scenarios apply, this is bound to the global object (inside a browser, that would be the window object). Or if you are running in strict mode, then it's undefined.

Dino, Thank you for taking the time to give all this valuable info, although your answer is still a little over my head right now. This challenge came before the constructor concept was introduced so it's a little fuzzy for me now. If you could simplify your answer, and give me a brief explanation of what is wrong with my answer, and what the correct answer is, I would really appreciate it. Thanks much, Mark

Now that I understand! Thanks very much.