How Is a Disaster Best Defined

question 26

Multiple Choice

How is a disaster best defined?

• A)Any event or situation that results in multiple casualties and/or deaths
• B)A catastrophic and/or destructive event that disrupts normal functioning
• C)An industrial accident and unplanned release of nuclear waste
• D)An event that results in human casualties that overwhelm available health care resources

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Definitions:

Emotion Terms

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Influence

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behavior of someone or something.

Chomsky

Noam Chomsky, a linguist, philosopher, and cognitive scientist known for his theory of generative grammar and critique of behaviorism.

Whorf

An American linguist and anthropologist best known for his hypothesis on the influence of language on thought and perception.