An interesting article on fox news under the name “New
research shows what motivates people to do high-risk activities” was the
motivation for me to write this post. The study that was conduct to investigate
what pushes people to do Adventure Sports which involve a high risk factor,
risking losing their own life. I quoted most of the article but added my comments to it.
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The list of adventure sports is growing longer and longer,
and the risk factor is even going higher. It is believed that all these
adventure lovers and thrill-seekers are just sensation-seekers with the tendency
to pursue sensory pleasure and excitement. It's the trait of people who go
after novelty, complexity, and intense sensations, who love experience for its
own sake, and who may take risks in the pursuit of such experience. Sensation
seekers are "easily bored without high levels of stimulation,"
explains Sam Gosling, a psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin.
"They love bright lights and hustle and bustle and like to take risks and
seek thrills."
This new study that was published in the Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology, has found that risk takers are not all of
the same ilk. Some participate in high-risk activities as a way of controlling
their emotions and their lives.
