For this paper, you will compare the psychological impact of a disaster of your choice (9/11, Hurricane Katrina, the London subway/bus bombings, the Pakistan/India earthquake, etc.) to the impact of the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a German U-boat in May, 1915, a disaster that took 1,198 civilian lives and played a significant role in our entry into World War I. You will briefly describe your chosen disaster and public/survivor reactions to it, give a brief overview of the Lusitania disaster and describe public/survivor experiences related to it and draw comparisons between the two (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania is a good encyclopedic source and several other useful resource documents on the human experience of the Lusitania incident are located in Resources tab), and then apply to the two disasters three major psychology of disaster concepts from our course (Terror Management Theory [TMT], PTSD, Phases of Disaster Recovery, Culture as Casualty, etc.). NOTE: This requires reading portions of your text, reviewing articles in the Resources tab and researching, at minimum, the disaster event of your choicethis writing cant be based on personal opinionand, consequently, you should not wait until the week the assignment is due to begin working on it. An example of comparing the two disasters would be: Based on what you have learned from the course text and the Resources tab, use 3 major course concepts (see some examples above) to explain the psychological reaction to 9/11 by so many Americans who did not directly experience the tragedy? How does that reaction compare to the reaction of the public following the Lusitania disaster (e.g., there was a dramatic increase in patriotism and a push to enter the war, and secondary survivors experienced what today we would can PTSD). As an alternative, you might choose to contrast the Lusitania reaction of the Pan AM 103 Bombing

For this paper, you will compare the psychological impact of a disaster of your choice to the impact of the sinking of the R.M.S. Lusitania by a German U-boat in May, 1915, a disaster that took 1,198 civilian lives and played a significant role in our entry into World War I. (My chosen disaster is the Pan Am 103 Bombing). Briefly describe the downing of PA 103 and public/survivor reactions to it, give a brief overview of the Lusitania disaster and describe public/survivor experiences related to it and draw comparisons between the two (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Lusitania is a good encyclopedic source and several other useful resource documents on the human experience of the Lusitania incident are located in Resources tab), and then apply to the two disasters three major psychology of disaster concepts from our course (Terror Management Theory [TMT], PTSD, Phases of Disaster Recovery, Culture as Casualty, etc.).
An example of comparing the two disasters would be: Based on what you have learned from the course text and the Resources tab, use 3 major course concepts (see some examples above) to explain the psychological reaction to 9/11 by so many Americans who did not directly experience the tragedy? How does that reaction compare to the reaction of the public following the Lusitania disaster (e.g., there was a dramatic increase in patriotism and a push to enter the war, and secondary survivors experienced what today we would can PTSD). As an alternative, you might choose to contrast the Lusitania reaction of the Pan AM 103 Bombing

Wishbone added on 02/02/14 at 01:07 AM (PST):

I updated the deadline. I need it back by 9 in the morning. Please cover the three concepts such as in this link:

http://xxx.icisf.org/news-a-announcements/31/35-psychological-recovery-from-disaster

It should follow this flow:

Lusitania Disaster * Just a summarybe careful not to get too bogged down in details here
Pan Am 103 * Just a summaryagain, dont get too bogged down in details
Disaster Similarities and Dissimilarities * Two or three is plenty for each
Three Major Psychology of Disaster Concepts Applied to the Disasters * This is the meat of your paper,
should take up at least a third of it, and must be more than just definitions -- include concrete
examples of how one can apply them to the disasters.
Summary