Your nephew is extremely intelligent. Your family jokes with him that he is a giant nerd not just because he is very intelligent, but because he also likes to learn and studies quite a bit
He has great social skills and enjoys the joking around. What would you guess about his popularity at school?
a. Intelligence enhances popularity in middle school for those with good social skills, so he probably is quite popular.
b. Since he is "nerdish" he probably has very few, if any, friends.
c. Since other students are jealous of his intelligence, he is probably not very popular.
d. He is probably very popular since students really respect intelligence regardless of how good his social skills are.
Answer: A
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