Sensation seeking (SS) is a personality trait described as the tendency to seek novel, varied, complex and intense sensations and experiences, and the willingness to take risks for the sake of such experiences (Roberti, J. W., 2004). This trait is generally higher in man than in women, and it might be mediated by prenatal gonadal hormones (Manning, J. T., 2011), particularly testosterone (Voracek, 2011).
Gonadal hormones are known to mediate a number of caracteristics, both physical and psychological; one of those is thought to be the ratio between the second and the fourth digit (2D:4D). 2D:4D, typically lower in males, is thought to be a sexually dimorphic trait resulting from different levels of gonadal hormones in utero (Manning, J. T., Fink, B., Neave, N., & Szwed, A., 2006; Austin, E. J., Manning, J. T., McInroy, K., & Mathews, E., 2002). …show more content…
Hampson, E., Ellis, C. L., & Tenk, C. M. 2008). Results were mixed and diverse, and tended to cancel each other out when a meta-analyses put them togheter (Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., & Dressler, S. G.,2010).
In this study we investigated once more the relationship between sensation seeking and 2D:4D. In the light of the literature discussed above, our hypothesis was that no such relationship would have been found, if not by chance or our mistake. Also, as this area of psychology still lacks a complete, coherent model, we also wanted this study to be an occasion to generate novel
Gonadal hormones are known to mediate a number of caracteristics, both physical and psychological; one of those is thought to be the ratio between the second and the fourth digit (2D:4D). 2D:4D, typically lower in males, is thought to be a sexually dimorphic trait resulting from different levels of gonadal hormones in utero (Manning, J. T., Fink, B., Neave, N., & Szwed, A., 2006; Austin, E. J., Manning, J. T., McInroy, K., & Mathews, E., 2002). …show more content…
Hampson, E., Ellis, C. L., & Tenk, C. M. 2008). Results were mixed and diverse, and tended to cancel each other out when a meta-analyses put them togheter (Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., & Dressler, S. G.,2010).
In this study we investigated once more the relationship between sensation seeking and 2D:4D. In the light of the literature discussed above, our hypothesis was that no such relationship would have been found, if not by chance or our mistake. Also, as this area of psychology still lacks a complete, coherent model, we also wanted this study to be an occasion to generate novel