Thanks Patrick! This is a gem of an idea. Annette
Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology University of San Diego 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA 92110 619-260-4006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---- Original message ---- >Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:02:04 -0400 >From: "Patrick Dolan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Suct: RE: [tips] Social Amnesia >To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> > >On a somewhat related note, I send something like the following to my >Cognition students after we talk about the availability heuristic (the 1918 >flu epidemic isn't included because I was trying to keep it relatively >current; I haven't added the 2008 Burma cyclone (~134K) or the 2008 China >earthquake (~70K)). > >Invariably, students think the 2005 hurricane Katrina is very high on the list >(and are particularly surprised about the 2003 European heat wave). > >Patrick > >__ >Rank these events in terms of number of lives taken: > >1958 - 1961 Chinese Famine >1968 Hong Kong flu pandemic >1985 Columbia volcano >1996 - 1998 North Korean famine >1999 landslide in Venezuela >1999 Hurricane Mitch >2003 Iran earthquake >2003 European heat wave >2004 Indian ocean tsunami >2005 Kashmir earthquake >2005 Hurricane Katrina > > > >Chances are, you probably haven't even heard of most of these events. > > >(Scroll down to see the actual death toll) > > > > > > > > > >1958 - 1961 Chinese Famine: 30 million dead >1996 - 1998 North Korean famine: 1.2 million dead >1968 Hong Kong flu pandemic: 750 thousand dead >2004 Indian ocean earthquake/tsunami: 283 thousand dead >2005 Kashmir earthquake: 87 thousand dead >2003 European heat wave: 37 thousand dead >2003 Iran earthquake: 26 thousand dead >1985 Columbia volcano: 23 thousand dead >1999 landslide in Venezuela: 20 thousand dead >1999 Hurricane Mitch: 18 thousand dead >2005 Hurricane Katrina 1.8 thousand dead > >(data compliments of wikipedia) > > >-- > >Patrick O. Dolan, Ph.D. >Associate Professor of Psychology >Drew University >Madison, NJ 07940 >973-408-3558 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--- >To make changes to your subscription contact: > >Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
