Seamus grew up in an impoverished neighborhood with a lot of crime and poor educational opportunities. Because everyone fought over the few available resources, sometimes the only way to stay alive was to fight or steal. Seamus wants to go to college so he can build a better life for himself. When he begins taking classes, he's stunned by how little in the way of "street smarts"his classmates have. They might get better grades than he does, he thinks, but they wouldn't survive a week in the environment in which he grew up. About which kind of intellectual competence is Seamus thinking?

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Seamus is thinking about practical intelligence, which involves the ability to adapt to, shape, and select environments to meet both personal goals and the demands of one's everyday world.

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