Describe the main aspects of the personality trait Sensation Seeking and explain relationship between sensation seeking and antisocial behavior.

What will be an ideal response?


Sensation seeking refers to the active desire for novel, varied, and risky sensations (Zuckerman, 1990). Socialized sensation seekers will want to work as fire fighters, police officers, or in any other job that provides physical activity, variety, and excitement; unsocialized sensation seekers, on the other hand, may well find their kicks in carjacking and burglary. A review of the literature found that 98.4% of the studies reported a statistically significant relationship between sensation seeking and antisocial behavior.

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