Question

Brad and Max are planning a vacation. Brad is low on sensation seeking, but Max is high on sensation seeking. For each dimension of sensation seeking, suggest an activity that Max would love to do, but Brad would hate to do.

Dimensions of sensation seeking:

1. Experience seeking: Just looking for variety. Wanting to do new things.

2. Boredom susceptibility: The need for change, to not do the same things over and over again.

3. Thrill and adventure seeking: looking for increased arousal through physical sensations (speed, height, falling, danger)

Answer 1

Dimensions of sensation seeking:

1.Experience seeking: Max high on sensation seek may like to do things that would give him new experiences in sensations,for this sake Max is vulnerable of using drugs and substance abuse or seek other unconventional, illicit ways of experience . Brad may even cannot imagine such things, the limit of Brad will be to mild drinking.

2. Max won't be planning the places or activities that he already has visited or done, while,Brat won't have any trouble visiting the same places.

3. Max will plan for a high-speed mountain biking,of which Brat cannot imagine and dare to.