Partisan dealignment occurs when

a. former partisan supporters no longer automatically vote for their party's candidate.
b. most members of a party switch to the opposing party in an election

c. former party members refuse to support any party candidates.
d. a third party emerges and draws significant political support.


a

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Use Figure 2.7 to determine which of the following statements is true concerning ideology among professors

a. The greatest percentage of professors describing themselves as conservative are in the physical and biological sciences. b. The greatest percentage of professors describing themselves as "middle of the road" are in the fields of engineering and computer science. c. The majority of professors in the health sciences describe themselves as conservative. d. More professors in the humanities describe themselves as liberal than in any other discipline.

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In correlational studies, it is generally better for participants to

A) Be unaware of the investigator's hypotheses. B) Be assigned to groups based on their knowledge of the experiments. C) Be knowledgeable about the area being studied. D) Have some insight into the researcher's hypotheses.

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Which amendment limits the president to a specific number of terms?

a. The Twenty-First Amendment b. The Twenty-Third Amendment c. The Twenty-Second Amendment d. The Twenty-Seventh Amendment

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A control variable that acts as a cause of the dependent variable while defining a small compositional difference across values of the independent variable is said to have a(n) __________________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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