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Marvin Zukerman of the University of Delaware[1] has spent more than 20 years researching the personality trait he has come to call "sensation seeking." His work indicates that sensation-seeking is one of a handful of "core traits" that can be used to describe human personality. Furthermore, he presents convincing evidence that this characteristic has a strong genetic component nearly as strong as that for intelligence. So, sensation-seeking parents are likely to have sensation-seeking children.
Sensation-seeking can be divided into 4 traits:
- Thrill- and adventure-seeking
- Experience-seeking
- Disinhibition
- Boredom susceptibility
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References
- Zuckerman, M., 1979. Sensation seeking: beyond the optimal level of arousal. L. Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 9780470268513
- Zuckerman, M., 1983. Biological Bases of Sensation Seeking, Impulsivity and Anxiety. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Zuckerman, M., 1991. Psychobiology of Personality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Zuckerman, M., 2007. Sensation seeking and risky behavior. American Psychological Association. ISBN 9781591477389