Buzz Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers

Freud isn’t the only expert who had a theory of why certain people seem to seek out complex and intense activities. His disciple ...

Trait Theory: Eysenck and the Big Five The contemporary view of personality has moved away from Freud and Jung to use traits to ...

activated. Those who trip the body’s stress response easily have low activation thresholds and have a harder time inhibiting the ...

Agreeableness is how empathetic and interested in other people you are. It describes how trusting you might be. People who score ...

The Founder of Scientific Research on High Sensation-Seeking Despite all of the previous attempts to explain the thrill-seeking ...

and his colleagues speculated that some people were high sensa- tion-seekers and some were not. High sensation-seekers, they fig ...

new experiences. Most people, as you can imagine, fall somewhere in the middle, seeking out new experiences unless there’s some- ...

Probably the most valid concern about Zuckerman’s research centers on the confounding factors that are built into the scale depe ...

My Score (1 to 5) I would like to explore strange places. I would like to take off on a trip with no pre- planned routes or tim ...

personality, and his work remains not only the most valid, but also some of the most interesting in this area. I’ve used his fra ...

at first. When you’re in free fall immediately followed by a serene sort of feeling...the closest thing to humans flying.” This ...

the satisfaction comes from pushing herself in order to conquer challenges. What drives her to bike and travel is challenging he ...

a sports bra, and covered in paint.”^22 Rather than running the 2016 London Marathon in typical sports gear, Sophie decided to u ...

score. Here is what the scores mean.One thing to keep in mind: These ranges are simple comparisons to the general population. Do ...

Over 7 – well that means you crave the most interesting experiences. Disinhibition Disinhibition is your ability to be unrest ...

sensation-seeking quiz on my website and wanted to share their stories (I’ve changed their names). Name: Carl Total Sensation-Se ...

Name: Rachel Total Sensation-Seeking: 29/40 Thrill- and Adventure-Seeking: 3/10 Experience-Seeking: 8/10 Boredom Susceptibility: ...

(cont.) surprised if she didn’t get herself into trouble every now and then, which is probably why her family calls her wanderlu ...

result of changes in society, I do think this part of the puzzle probably is. It seems as though we are seeing a cultural shift ...

2 BORN TO BE WILD In the summer of 2014, I was invited to Twin Falls, Idaho, to speak to a group of mental health counselors. I ...