Novelty seeking

Novelty seeking

In psychology, novelty seeking (NS) is a personality trait. It is measured in the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire as well as the later version Temperament and Character Inventory. NS has been suggested to be related to low dopaminergic activity.[1]

In the revised version of the Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI-R) novelty seeking consists of the following four subscales:

  1. Exploratory excitability (NS1)
  2. Impulsiveness (NS2)
  3. Extravagance (NS3)[2]
  4. Disorderliness (NS4)

See also

References

  1. ^ C. R. Cloninger (Autumn 1986). "A unified biosocial theory of personality and its role in the development of anxiety states". Psychiatric Developments 4 (3): 167–166. PMID 3809156. 
  2. ^ Loranger, Armand Walter (1997). Assessment and diagnosis of personality disorders. Cambridge University Press. p. 14. ISBN 9780521580434 

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