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| 1. To describe the incidence and extent of accidents and injuries and to compare the factors influencing accidents in specific populations. 2. To assess one’s level of risk-taking activities. 3. To recognize the local and global impact of disasters. 4. To identify personal and social strategies for coping with and reducing the impact of disasters. 5. To name and give examples of the factors increasing the likelihood of violence. 6. To differentiate between the moral standards of war and peacetime relative to taking of life. 7. To assess the effects of war and its aftermath on both combatants and noncombatants. 8. To identify the needs and motives that give rise to war and evaluate strategies for reducing conflict. 9. To define and give examples of genocide. 10. To develop a working definition of terrorism. 11. To explain how the amplification effect assists terrorists in achieving their aims. 12. To identify issues that arise in the context of rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of terrorist acts. 13. To describe social and psychological factors that motivate terrorists and suggest ways of reducing the influence of these factors. 14. To identify and explain the impact of AIDS and other emerging diseases. 15. To define traumatic death and cite examples. 16. To describe a healthy response in coping with risks and perils in the modern world. |