User:Geo Swan/Type T personality
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Type T personality is a term applied to individuals who engage in thrill-seeking or risk-taking behavior.[1] The term was first used by Frank Farley, of Temple University, in 1986.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Frank Farley (1991). [https://books.google.ca/books?id=bg8xhzK_-r4C&dq=%22type+t%22+risk+OR+daredevil&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s The Type T Personality Self-regulatory Behavior and Risk Taking: Causes and Consequences]. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 371-382. ISBN 9780893918187. https://books.google.ca/books?id=bg8xhzK_-r4C&dq=%22type+t%22+risk+OR+daredevil&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
- ↑ Bruce Weber (1998-03-11). "The Thrill of Risk, and Other Reasons Why". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/11/sports/the-thrill-of-risk-and-other-reasons-why.html. Retrieved 2018-06-29. "These people are motivated by risk, uncertainty, novelty, variety, he explained. They thrive in ambiguous situations. They like intense experiences. They are inner-directed. They believe they can control their fate. Whatever comes up, they believe they can handle it."
- ↑ Paul Roberts (1994-11-01). "Risk: Some experts believe that courting uncertainty is the only way to protect the inner force America was founded on or to define self.". Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/articles/199411/risk. Retrieved 2018-06-29. "Where other researchers speak of Type A and B personalities, Farley adds Type T, for thrill seeking. He breaks Type-T behavior into four categories: T-mental and T-physical, to distinguish between intellectual and physical risk taking; and T-negative and T-positive, to distinguish between productive and destructive risk taking."
