if you reconsider the examples i mentioned, these are no ordinary gen - x - ers. being pierced and tattooed myself, i see no element of sensation seeking in myself so i would agree with you on that. but you would never catch me with 8 hooks through the skin on my back, enjoying being suspended in the air with wires attached...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Gee, way back in the good old days of early, early grad school, some 20 years > plus ago, I started working in biological bases of personality and sensation > seeking was one of those personality dimenstions we studied in some depth. Now > it's been a while and I haven't given it much thought, I think whatever > knowledge I acquired there is just crystallized someplace in some broad > schematic base. Nevertheless, it seems to me that piercings and tattoos don't > seem to catch the essence of sensation seeking. Actually bungee-jumping does it > better--at least back then the thinking was that it has to do with having a > relatively low tonic arousal level, very much like the thinking behing > introversion and extraversion. > > But while we're on the topic, it seems to me that I heard or read someplace > within the last several years that piercings and tattoos reflect a mild form of > addiction for the natural endorphins that are released during the pain > experience of these bodily mutilations..... > > Annette > > Quoting tasha howe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I discuss sensation seeking quite a bit and show slides from the book > > "The Customized Body" -- it shows people with meat hooks through their > > nipples, huge metal posts through their faces and chests, and a > > general > > "tattooing and piercing" feast beyond students' wildest imaginations. > > > > -- > > *********** > > Tasha R. Howe, Ph.D > > Assistant Professor of Psychology (Developmental) > > Transylvania University > > 300 N. Broadway > > Lexington, KY 40508 > > Phone: (859) 233-8144 > > FAX: (859) 281-3507 > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Website: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/thowe/ftpdpages/index2.html > > Another website I created: http://www.scbwi-midsouth.com/ > > > > > > > > > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Annette Taylor, Ph.D. > Associate Professor of Psychology > University of San Diego > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > E-mail scanned by McAfee. -- *********** Tasha R. Howe, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Psychology (Developmental) Transylvania University 300 N. Broadway Lexington, KY 40508 Phone: (859) 233-8144 FAX: (859) 281-3507 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.transy.edu/homepages/thowe/ftpdpages/index2.html Another website I created: http://www.scbwi-midsouth.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
