In the introduction to its discussion of intelligence, your text suggests that conceptions of intelligence vary cross-culturally. To the Trukese of the South Pacific, for example, intelligence may mean the ability to navigate on the open water without technological assistance; to a Westerner, traveling along the most direct and quickest route by using a sextant and other navigational tools is likely to represent the most "intelligent" kind of behavior. Nevertheless, one element of the understanding of intelligence that is consistent across culture is

The ability to use the resources provided by one's enviroment

Explanation:

Across cultures, the ability to adapt to one's enviroment by making the most efficient use of its resources is considered a sign of intelligence. This is because this ability is conductive, not only to survival, but also to individual, and ultimately social progress.

For example, even if the Turkese do not value the use of tools to navigate, they probably value the efficient use of tools when hunting or gathering.

In Western societies, where technology is everywhere, this bears even more true, because technology is nothing more than a tool to take advantage of one's enviroment.

answer; education;