Behavioral Expressions and Biosocial Bases of Sensation Seeking

488 Pages·1994·17.51 MB·English

by  Marvin Zuckerman

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Sensation seeking is a trait describing the tendency to seek novel, varied,
complex, and intense sensations and experiences and the willingness to take
risks for the sake of such experience. The first sensation-seeking scale (SSS)
was developed in the early 1960s and since that time the instrument and the
theory of the trait have evolved as a function of continuing research around
the world. More than 600 publications have appeared on this topic, of which
more than 400 appeared after a book on the topic was published in 1979. The
current book describes the research and theory on sensation seeking with
emphasis on the new findings since this earlier book. The behavioral expres¬
sions of sensation seeking have been found in various kinds of risk-taking
behaviors such as driving habits, health, gambling, financial activities, alco¬
hol and drug use, sexual behavior, and sports. The trait is also involved in
vocational preferences and choices, job satisfaction, social premarital and
marital relationships, eating habits and food preferences, media and art
preferences, humor, fantasy, creativity, and social attitudes. Its modes of
assessment, behavioral expressions, and genetic and psychobiological bases
are described by the leading researcher in the field. In the last chapter the
author develops a biosocial model for the trait.
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BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS AND BIOSOCIAL BASES
OF SENSATION SEEKING
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BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSIONS AND
BIOSOCIAL BASES OF
SENSATION SEEKING
MARVIN ZUCKERMAN
University of Delaware
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
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First published 1994
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zuckerman, Marvin.
Behavioral expressions and biosocial bases of sensation seeking /
Marvin Zuckerman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-521-43200-6. - ISBN 0-521-43770-9 (pbk.)
1. Sensation seeking. 2. Sensation seeking - Testing.
3. Psychobiology. I. Title.
BF698.35.S45Z83 1994
155.2'32 - dc20 93-40276
CIP
A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 0-521-43200-6 hardback
ISBN 0-521-43770-9 paperback