The general purpose of advertising is?

a. to increase demand

b. to make consumers demand laws that benefit the supplier

c. to avoid paying taxes by increasing production costs

d. to increase supply

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.

You're doing research for a public essay on alternative medicine. which of the following sources has the most reliable information? a.a post on a social networking site about the undesired side-effects of different alternative medicinesb.a recent government report comparing the results of alternative and contemporary medicine for a specified diseasec.an anonymous article on a medical website that claims the success of alternative medicined.a 2003 study conducted by a medical research center about the effects of alternative medicine

Dominic and stacy each have a stamp collection. dominic has six fewer stamps than three times the number of stamps stacy has. dominic and stacy decide to give all of their stamps to their younger sister, mary. if stacy had s stamps, which expression represents the number of stamps that mary received? a. (3s − 18)(3s − 6) b. 2s − 18 c. 4s − 6 d. 4s − 18