Sensation seeking, augmenting-reducing, and absolute auditory threshold

A strength-of-the-nervous-system perspective

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ID10159425
AuthorsDanny Goldman (corresponding author), Paul M Kohn (0000-0002-4824-2055), Robert W Hunt, Robert W G Hunt
Year1983
Volume45
Issue2
Pages405-411
Publication date1983-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
PublisherAmerican Psychological Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1037/0022-3514.45.2.405
PMID6620122
OpenAlexW4232823046, W1969597533
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited1

The following measures were obtained from 42 student volunteers: the General and the Disinhibition subscales of the Sensation Seeking Scale (Form IV), the Reducer-Augmenter Scale, and the Absolute Auditory Threshold. General sensation seeking correlated significantly with the Reducer-Augmenter Scale, r(40) = .59, p less than .001, and the Absolute Auditory Threshold, r(40) = .45, p less than .005. Both results proved general across sex. These findings, that high-sensation seekers tend to be reducers and to lack sensitivity to weak stimulation, were interpreted as supporting strength-of-the-nervous-system theory more than the formulation of Zuckerman and his associates

Absolute (philosophy · Absolute threshold · Audiology · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Disinhibition · Epistemology · Personality · Perspective (graphical · Reducer · Scale (ratio · Sensation · Sensation Seeking · Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking · Clinical Psychology · Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics · Evacuation and Crowd Dynamics · Medicine · Mind wandering and attention · Neuroscience · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology

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