Serpelland Others Have Found That People in Some African Communities--Especially

question 15

Multiple Choice

Serpelland others have found that people in some African communities--especially where Western schooling has not yet become common--tend to blur the Western distinction between intelligence and social competence. In rural Zambia, for instance, the concept of nzelu includes both cleverness (chenjela) and responsibility (tumikila) . This means that when rural parents in Africa talk about intelligence they prefer

• A) to separate the cognitive aspect of intelligence from the social responsibility aspect.
• B) not to separate the cognitive speed aspect of intelligence from the social responsibility aspect.
• C) to talk about the cognitive aspect of intelligence.
• D) to talk about the social responsibility aspect of intelligence.

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