APPENDIX 1

For Students: Learning Objectives

and Topics for Discussion

By Jonna Kwiatokowski

Chapter 1

Learning Objectives

• Differentiate between typical behaviors and traits of
  high sensation-seekers versus low sensation-seekers.


• Use personality theories to understand the traits
  that might be confused with sensation-seeking.


• Understand how Marvin Zuckerman identified sensation-
  seeking as a unique trait.


• Explore a measure of sensation-seeking that includes
  subscales for thrill- and adventure-seeking, experience-
  seeking, disinhibition, and boredom susceptibility.


• Interpret your sensation-seeking score and compare it
  to other possible profiles of scores.

Discussion Questions

1. Based on the various personality theories, what are
   some myths about sensation-seekers that are
   debunked? Were you surprised by any of the person-
   ality traits that are not necessarily related to sensa-
   tion-seeking?


2. Imagine yourself in Zuckerman’s Ganzfeld Procedure, or
   try it with these simple instructions:www
   .instructables.com/id/Ganzfeld-Hack-Your-Brain-the-Legal-
   Way/. How do you imagine your response would compare
   to those Zuckerman eventually labeled as high sensation-
   seekers?


3. Think of a favorite high thrill-seeking fictional charac-
   ter. What profile would you assign to that character

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