About 30 Percent of the Babylonian Talmud Is a Tale

question 25

Multiple Choice

About 30 percent of the Babylonian Talmud is a tale or narrative about the Jewish people and their history called

• A) the Mishna.
• B) Gemara.
• C) the Torah.
• D) Haggadah.

Appreciate the contribution of anomie-strain theories to the broader understanding of the causes and varieties of deviant behavior.

Explore the concept of social control and its relation to deviance as discussed in control theories.

Analyze the significance of positive and negative stimuli, and the removal of positive stimuli in recent developments of anomie-strain theory.

Evaluate the impact of identified strains and social controls on the individual's likelihood to engage in deviant or conforming behavior.

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Definitions:

Motivational

Refers to factors that direct and energize the behavior of humans and other organisms.

Psychological Facts

refer to interesting and often surprising details or findings from the field of psychology about how people think, feel, and behave.

Valence

in psychology, refers to the intrinsic attractiveness (positive valence) or averseness (negative valence) of an event, object, or situation.

Importance

The quality of being significant or valuable in a particular context or to a particular individual or group.