An individual who is establishing a strategy to use in order to accomplish a goal is demonstrating which phase of the self-regulation cycle?
a. self-reflection
b. performance
c. forethought
d. goal accomplishment

Option C.

Explanation:

Forethought, is the right answer.

Forethought is one of the three phases in the cycle of self-regulation. This phase is the most significant phase which reveals a direct difference between the self-regulated and non-self-regulated learners. In this phase, the self-regulated learner examines a responsibility preceding to learning something new. In this phase, goal-setting is the most important task.

The given situation is a phase of forethought in the self-regulation cycle.