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extreme sports (cont.)

relationship with HSS, 69 – 70

roofers, 3 – 4

Science North exhibit, 74 – 76

wheelchair motocross, 81 – 82

wingsuiting, 82 – 88

extroversion, 8 , 9 , 11 , 158

Eysenck, Hans, 9 – 10

families

influence of, 44 – 45 , 47 , 109 ,

146 – 147

see alsogenetic influences;parenthood

fear, 1 – 2

fearlessness, 159 – 163

Feji, Jan, 45

fight or flight response, 30 – 31 , 35

firefighters, 119 – 121

fishing industry, 127 – 128

Fiske, S., 97

flow state, 29 , 35 , 178

flyingseeBASE jumping;Icarus;pilots;

skydiving

Flying Dagger stunt, 86 – 88

focus, 77 – 78 , 115 – 116

food, 2 , 59 – 66 , 111 – 112

Franken, Robert, 57 , 95

freezing, 30 , 120

Freud, Sigmund, 6 – 8 , 50

friendship, 97 – 102

frustration-aggression hypothesis,

151

fugu (blowfish), 2 , 65

functionalism, 36 – 37

Gadd, Will, 76 – 80

gambling, 149 – 150

gaming, 150 – 151

Ganzfeld Procedure, 12 , 95

gender differences, 25 – 26

General Aggression Model (GAM),

153

genetic expression, 46 – 47

genetic influences, 33 – 35 , 111

Gibson, Heather, 58

Gilchrist, Helen, 56

Goldilocks zone, 31 – 33

grit, 80 – 82

Grit Scale, 203 – 207

habituation, 52 – 53

hang gliding, 5

hardiness, 171 – 174

Hayes, John, 63

healers, 168 – 170

see alsomedical careers

health

impact of HSS on, 173 – 174 , 177

see alsoinjuries and illness

helpers, 168 – 170

heritability estimates, 34

heroism, 169 – 170

Hershenson, David, 117

high sensation-seekers

characteristics of, 25 – 26

examples of, 1 – 4 , 22 – 25

as helpers and healers, 168 – 170

lessons from, 178 – 179

as protectors, 166 – 168

see alsocareers and HSS;leisure

activities;relationships

high sensation-seeking (HSS)

components of, 17 – 20 , 21 – 22 ,

43 – 44

getting the best from, 174 – 175

history of, 5 – 6

as power or problem, 157 – 166

see alsobiological influences;

environmental influences;

problems of HSS;theories of HSS

homeless people, 131

Hoyle, Rick, 15 , 105

Human Genome Project, 46

humor, 49 – 52

hypervigilance, 162 , 167 , 168

I.B. Perrine Bridge, 27 – 31

Icarus, 135

ice climbing, 76 – 78 , 171

id, 6 – 7 , 50

images, 53 – 54

immediate gratification, 154 – 156

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