Native peoples in eastern North America might have lived in homes made of wood, those in the Prairies often used tepees made from available animal skins and poles. Other native peoples built homes into the walls of cliffs or made houses from blocks of ice. This diverse adaptability embodies Sternberg's concept of
A) componential intelligence.
B) crystallized intelligence.
C) experiential intelligence.
D) contextual intelligence.

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The adaptability of native peoples in eastern North America, the Prairies, and other regions to build different types of homes with the materials available to them demonstrates contextual intelligence, as they are able to understand and adapt to the environmental and cultural context they live in. Componential intelligence involves analytical and problem-solving skills, crystallized intelligence involves accumulated knowledge and skills, and experiential intelligence involves learning from experience, but none of these fully capture the adaptability and contextual understanding demonstrated by the examples given.

Native Peoples in Eastern North America Might Have Lived in Homes