Selection Tool behavior

And here I mean "The Selection Tool" not "direct" or "perspective"...
I'm taking a Lynda.com video training course (AI CS6 One-on-One/Fundamentals) in which the instructor is demonstrating (Chapter 7) moving and duplicating objects by clicking the anchor point with the black selection tool and dragging to the diagonal alternate selection point. He and I both have Smart Guides turned on...but when he - after clicking on an anchor point in a selected object and with mouse button down - mouses over another anchor point in the selected object the black mouse pointer turns white, giving a solid cue as to where to drop the object to move (or, with alt- on pc or opt- on Mac, exactly duplicate the object) to an adjascent place. Mine doesn't and it's much harder for me to get a visual cue as to where to make the drop. The smart guide says "intersect" at a particular point and it usually seems right but it's different behavior than on Deke McClelland's otherwise excellent and informative video.
I don't know if I have a preference set differently than the instructor, but I'd much rather have the behavior he is demonstrating than what I've got.
Also, I note that when mousing around anchor points there is a change to the cursor to a double-headed arrow with a line through the center, that I don't understand (and that if  I get it and try to use it, it doesn't do what I'm trying to do with the anchor point).
If someone could point me to some documentation that details the use of that tool (particularly for moving and/or duplicating objects and constraining movement/duplication), I'd really appreciate it. Examining the reference PDF I find lots about the other selection tools but not about the primary/original one, and it obviously has multiple behaviors I'd like to see documented.
Thanks,
Jay

JET:
Thanks for asking and for your interest. I just went back to reproduce the issue and found it's the same with or without the Bounding Box in sight. I get a different cue (the SmartGuides in the middle of where the tile is prospectively moving has the word "Intersection" and two green lines...if I press the Alt key to copy I see a white arrow and a black one with it...but the effect Deke is trying to show, with the black arrow turning white upon hovering or "mousing" over the anchor point, is missing, whether Bounding Box is set to Show or Hide.
As long as the word Intersection means the same thing I can work with it, but it seems like the arrow turning white is a much more positive cue. Again, thanks...
Jay

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