 | Chapter Objectives
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- To assess one's level of risk-taking activities.
- To describe the incidence and extent of accidents and to compare the factors influencing accidents in specific populations.
- To name and give examples of the factors increasing the likelihood of violence.
- To differentiate between the moral standards of war and peacetime relative to the taking of life.
- To assess the effects of war and its aftermath on both combatants and noncombatants.
- To identify the needs and motives that give rise to war and evaluate strategies for reducing conflict.
- To develop a working definition of terrorism.
- To explain how the amplification effect assists terrorists in achieving their aims.
- To identify issues that arise in the context of rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of terrorist acts.
- To assess how memorialization aids survivors in coping with the effects of terrorism.
- To describe social and psychological factors that motivate terrorists and suggest ways of reducing the influence of these factors.
- To identify and explain the impact of AIDS and other emerging diseases.
- To describe a healthy response in coping with risks of death in the modern world.
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