Where can I find an explanation of Frank Farleys “Type T” personality?
type T personality n. A personality type that regularly seeks out thrilling or dangerous experiences. Example Citation: I used to skydive off buildings in south county. I’ve climbed most of the peaks in the Southern California, like Mount Baldy and Mount Whitney. I like to climb them when they’re covered with snow. I need the rush. I need the endorphins. I’m a type T personality: thrill seeker. —Gary Copeland, “Who’s this?,” Orange County Register, November 8, 2002 As Psychologist Frank Farley of the University of Wisconsin tells it, many of the world’s daredevils, doers and delinquents share a common personality, Type T (for thrill seeking). Whether scientists or criminals, mountain climbers or hot-dog skiers, says Farley, all are driven by temperament, and perhaps biology, to a life of constant stimulation and risk taking. Both the socially useful and the socially appalling Type Ts, he says, “are rejecting the strictures, the laws, the regulations — they are pursuing the unknown, the
