Are You a Thrill Seeker or a Chill Seeker?

Are You a Thrill Seeker or a Chill Seeker?

This episode starts off a little differently than others — with a short quiz, something called the Brief Sensation-Seeking Scale, which will tell you whether you're what psychologists call a high sensation-seeker or a low sensation-seeker. Read the following eight statements, and then pick a number from 1 to 5 that corresponds to your level of agreement, where 1 is "Not at all like me," 2 is "Not like me," 3 is "Unsure or both like and not like me," 4 is "Like me," and 5 is "Very much like me."

  • I would like to explore strange places.
  • I would like to take off on a trip with no pre-planned routes or timetables.
  • I get restless when I spend too much time alone.
  • I prefer friends who are excitingly unpredictable.
  • I like wild parties.
  • I would love to have new and exciting experiences, even if they are illegal.
  • I would like to try bungee jumping.
  • I would like to do frightening things.
  • Now add up all the numbers together. If you scored between 8 and 16, you are a low sensation-seeker. If you scored between 16 and 28, you're about average for sensation-seeking. If you scored over 28, you're a high sensation-seeker.

    Today on the show, I unpack what these categories of personality mean with Dr. Kenneth Carter, a clinical psychologist, a professor, and the author of Buzz!: Inside the Minds of Thrill-Seekers, Daredevils, and Adrenaline Junkies. Ken explains how sensation-seeking exists on a spectrum between chill seekers, who like safety and calm routine, and thrill seekers, who enjoy chaos, risk, and novelty. He shares how there are actually four components to high sensation-seeking, and which two tend to get people in trouble. And we talk about whether being high or low sensation-seeking is a matter of nature or nurture, how high sensation-seekers fare in romantic relationships and what they should consider in choosing a career, and what the world's chill seekers can learn from its thrill seekers.

    Resources Related to the PodcastConnect with Ken Carter

    See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    Avsnitt(1160)

    Born to Carry — How to Build Strength, Stamina, and Sanity Through Rucking

    Born to Carry — How to Build Strength, Stamina, and Sanity Through Rucking

    If you're looking for a way to improve your fitness, boost your mental health, and reconnect with a deeply human activity — all without going to the gym or pounding your knees on a daily run — then ru...

    24 Feb 51min

    How to Have the Conversations You’ve Been Avoiding

    How to Have the Conversations You’ve Been Avoiding

    The awkward silence at work when everyone knows a project is going off the rails.The simmering resentment in a marriage over an issue neither spouse will confront.The dysfunction in a church where cer...

    17 Feb 48min

    Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives

    Ecclesiastes on Enjoying Our Weirdly Unsatisfying Lives

    Of all the books in the Bible, Ecclesiastes is arguably the most philosophical. Dark, experiential, existential, and unsparingly honest about the human condition, it wrestles with work, money, ambitio...

    10 Feb 55min

    How to Help Disengaged Young Men Reclaim Drive and Direction

    How to Help Disengaged Young Men Reclaim Drive and Direction

    Not long ago, the primary concern people had about boys was that they were wild, impulsive, and out of control — getting into fights, pushing limits, and stirring up trouble. Today, the problem has fl...

    3 Feb 44min

    The Click Effect — Inside the Science and Magic of Social Chemistry

    The Click Effect — Inside the Science and Magic of Social Chemistry

    We’ve all had that feeling — you meet someone new, and the conversation just flows. You’re in sync. You click. But what’s really happening when that magic occurs?My guest today is journalist Kate Murp...

    27 Jan 54min

    How Football Took Over America — and Could Collapse

    How Football Took Over America — and Could Collapse

    American football is so big — so braided into our weekends, our language, and our culture — that it can be hard to see it clearly as a whole.In his new book, Football, Chuck Klosterman helps us see th...

    20 Jan 57min

    Money and Meaning — What Faith Traditions Teach Us About Personal Finance

    Money and Meaning — What Faith Traditions Teach Us About Personal Finance

    We usually think of money as something very practical, concrete, and secular; we earn it, save it, spend it, and crunch the numbers behind it. But money is never just about money: it reflects our valu...

    13 Jan 45min

    Strong, Conditioned, and Ready for Anything — How to Become a Hybrid Athlete

    Strong, Conditioned, and Ready for Anything — How to Become a Hybrid Athlete

    For decades, fitness culture has tended to break people into two categories: you’re either a strength guy or an endurance guy. You lift heavy or run far — but not both.But my guest today says you don'...

    6 Jan 59min

    Populärt inom Utbildning

    rss-bara-en-till-om-missbruk-medberoende-2
    historiepodden-se
    det-skaver
    alska-oss
    harrisons-dramatiska-historia
    nu-blir-det-historia
    roda-vita-rosen
    allt-du-velat-veta
    johannes-hansen-podcast
    rss-foraldramotet-bring-lagercrantz
    sektledare
    not-fanny-anymore
    rss-viktmedicinpodden
    i-vantan-pa-katastrofen
    sa-in-i-sjalen
    rss-basta-livet
    rikatillsammans-om-privatekonomi-rikedom-i-livet
    rss-sjalsligt-avkladd
    rss-om-vi-ska-vara-arliga
    rss-psykoterapipodden