Different people seem to need different levels of emotional arousal. Marvin Zuckerman argues that “sensation seekers” have an unusually high need for stimulation that produces arousal. In addition to the need for thrills, sensation seekers may be impulsive, engage in risky behaviors, prefer new experiences, and be easily bored (Kohn and others, 1979; Malatesta and others, 1981; Zuckerman, 1974). From your score on the Sensation Seeking Scale below, you can get a rough idea of your own level of sensation seeking. You may also want to give this scale to some of your friends. Do you suppose that most people choose friends who have sensation-seeking tendencies similar to their own? Wide differences in sensation-seeking tendencies may account for strain on close relationships when one person is reluctant to take the risks that the other actively seeks.
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