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A.     This is not the best answer. Adult intelligence tests explain how well a person does certain tests at a particular time and place.

B.     This is not the best answer. The WAIS-III assesses how well a person does at a particular time and place in comparison to other adults.

C.     This is not the best answer. Culturally biased tests tend to include questions familiar to people in some cultures, familiar to the test maker, but not to people from other cultures.

D.     This is the best answer. Sternberg’s Triarchic Theory presents an approach to testing that predicts an individual’s ability to adapt to environmental context, intelligence that a traditional test misses.

E.      This is not the best answer. Gardner’s theory supports a qualitative, multidimensional assessment of intelligence, to identify strengths and weaknesses and to guide subsequent development.

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