Purpose: There’s a dangerous new epidemic sweeping this country: excessive daytime sleepiness. According to a new National Sleep Foundation survey, an alarming one-third of American adults scored at levels of sleepiness known to be hazardous. Six percent scored at severe levels of sleepiness. Consider the implications of these findings: Although we trivialize sleep problems, sleep-related accidents result in thousands of deaths each year and billions of dollars in medical costs and lost productivity. The Exxon Valdeztanker disaster and the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident were both caused by operator fatigue.
This assignment addresses learning outcome #7 in which students can learn about how psychological principles can change lives, organizations or communities in positive ways.
Task: Your task is:
(1) Open the link and read the article “Are you getting enough sleep” https://www.cdc.gov/sleep/features/getting-enough-sleep.html
(2) Please use the above information and/or course readings to find 3 new facts that you learned. Please follow the discussion board rubric. Respond with a paragraph for each new fact with 6-7 complete sentences per paragraph, free of spelling and grammar errors. Include 3 in-text citations in the body of the posting and a coherent integration of content.
Reflection Questions: At the end of your post, write 2-4 complete sentences with one connection that you can make from this assignment and why. (For example, how this discussion might be relevant for your life or learning)? Then, write 2-4-complete sentences with one unresolved question that you may have based on this discussion and why. For example, if you feel that you are short on sleep, also include what is preventing you from getting enough sleep and and what could you do to increase your hours of sleep?
Criteria for Success: Your assignment will be graded based on the following criteria: (a) Do you have 3 new facts with a paragraph for each new fact with 6-7 complete sentences per paragraph, free of spelling and grammar errors? (b) Did you include 3 in-text citations in the body of the posting and a coherent integration of content and ideas along with one connection you can make from this assignment that may be relevant for you life or learning and one unresolved question that you may have?