Split-ticket voting a. increases political corruption at the polling booths. b. increases partisan divisions in government. c. decreases partisan conflict in government. d. increases the coattail effect during midterm elections. e. decreases the coattail effect during midterm elections.

Which best describes why it is necessary to evaluate a solution?

A(n) is an alliance or collection of parties.

Most sociologists agree that: a. culture is central in shaping gender roles, but only in preliterate societies. b. biological factors have some influence, but cultural factors are more important determinants of gender roles. c. biological factors are influential in determining gender roles, but only in industrial or complex societies. d. biological factors only explain differences between men and women with regard to aggression and disease. e. there is no difference between the influences of culture or biology on the development of gender roles, as they are unpredictable.