What is the shortfall of the neurological approach to intelligence?

A. It can't provide either causes or correlations.
B. It focuses on brain size, which is hard to measure.
C. It doesn't acknowledge adaptive behavior.
D. It requires expensive equipment to measure.


Answer: C

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