The Cree people of Northern Canada value visual skills needed to find food on the frozen tundra,while the Puluwat people in the South Pacific prize ocean-going navigation skills necessary to get from island to island.These examples illustrate that
A) divergent thinking is not a part of every culture.
B) each culture teaches its children the kinds of "intelligence" valued in that culture.
C) convergent thinking is not part of every culture.
D) the cultural values that affect intelligence are mainly inherited from one's parents.

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The examples given suggest that different cultures place different values on certain skills or types of intelligence, and thus teach their children accordingly. This supports the idea that each culture teaches the kinds of "intelligence" valued in that culture. The other options are not supported by the information given.

The Cree People of Northern Canada Value Visual Skills Needed