Marvin Zuckerman

MarvinZuckerman
Born (1928-03-21) 21 March 1928
Chicago
Nationality American
Fields Personality, Sensation seeking
Institutions University of Delaware
Alma mater New York University
Thesis The effect of frustration on the perception of neutral and aggressive words (1954)
Known for Sensory Deprivation; Psychobiology of Personality; Multiple Affect Adjective Check List (MAACL); Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ); Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS)
Influences Arnold Buss, Hans Eysenck, Robert Plomin, and Jeffrey Gray

Marvin Zuckerman (born March 21, 1928 in Chicago) is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Delaware.[1] His work was inspired by eminent psychologists, especially Hans Eysenck and Arnold Buss. Zuckerman is known for his many works pertaining to the psychobiology of personality.[2]

Academic career

Zuckerman is best known for his research into the psychobiological basis of human personality and sensation seeking. Following his graduation from New York University in 1954 where he received his Ph.D. in clinical psychology,[2] Zuckerman then took up a position at Norwich State Hospital in Connecticut where he was hired at the psychiatric institute undertaking personality assessments. At the psychiatric institute, Zuckerman became interested in research into anxiety and sensory deprivation which ultimately lead him to develop his well known Sensation Seeking Scale. Subsequently, he accepted an academic position at the University of Delaware in 1969, where he spent more than 20 years teaching and undertaking research into his theory of sensation seeking with the assistance of many graduate students.[2] In 1975, Zuckerman commenced a series of presentations at international meetings in Europe. Zuckerman credits Hans Eysenck's work into the biological approach to personality as being inspirational, before spending a year with Hans Eysenck at the Maudsley Hospital in London.[2] He also credits Eysenck for giving him the opportunity to work with David Fulker, and Sybil Eysenck on the genetics of sensation seeking at the Maudsley Institute in London.[2] Zuckerman has written hundred's of highly influential research articles, book chapters, and many prominent books. He also serves on the editorial board of Personality and Individual Differences, which was founded by Hans Eysenck.[3]

Life

Zuckerman retired in September 2002, at age 74 years and now resides in Philadelphia where he spends much of his time writing journal articles and invited book chapters for international handbooks[4][5][6] as well as having revised his 1991 book the Psychobiology of Personality.[7][8]

Sensation seeking

Sensation seeking is described as a personality trait construct that is defined by the search for feelings and experiences that are "varied, novel, complex and intense."[9] Zuckerman developed the sensation seeking construct during his tenure at the University of Delaware. His sensation seeking research led him to create a personality instrument called the Sensation Seeking Scale (SSS) which purports to measure individual differences in terms of their sensory preferences.[10] The Sensation Seeking Scale was designed to measure how much stimulation a person requires and the excitement that is admitted. Zuckerman hypothesized that people who are high sensation seekers require a lot of stimulation to reach their Optimal Level of Arousal. When the stimulation or sensory input is not met, the person finds the experience unpleasant.[11] Zuckerman argues that sensation seeking is one of many "core traits" that describe human personality, and is independent of other major dimensions of personality (e.g., Extraversion-Introversion, Neuroticism-Stability, and Psychoticism - as measured in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire or EPQ-R).[12]

Selected bibliography

References

  1. ↑ "Simons,R.F.". udel.edu.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Sensation Seeking (Psychology Revivals): Beyond the Optimal Level of Arousal.
  3. ↑ "Marvin Zuckerman". Big Think. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  4. ↑ Zuckerman, M. (2008). Personality and sensation seeking. In Boyle, G.J., Matthews, G., & Saklofske, D.H. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment: Vol. 1 - Personality Theories and Models (pp. 379–398). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE. ISBN 9781412946513
  5. ↑ Zuckerman, M. (2008). Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire (ZKPQ): An operational definition of the alternative five factorial model of personality. In Boyle, G.J., Matthews, G., & Saklofske, D.H. (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Personality Theory and Assessment: Vol. 2 - Personality Measurement and Testing (pp. 219–238). Los Angeles, CA: SAGE. ISBN 9781412946520
  6. ↑ Zuckerman, M., & Aluja, A. (2015). Measures of sensation seeking. In Boyle, G.J., Saklofske, D.H., & Matthews, G. (Eds.), Measures of Personality and Social Psychological Constructs (pp. 352–380). Amsterdam: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 9780123869159
  7. ↑ Zuckerman, M. (2012). Psychobiology of Personality. Cambridge University Press. Online ISBN 9780511813733 [Retrieved 26 February 2017]
  8. ↑ Stelmack, R.M. (2004). (Ed.), On the Psychobiology of Personality: Essays in Honor of Marvin Zuckerman. Amsterdam: Elsevier. ISBN 0080442099; ISBN 9780080442099
  9. ↑ Zuckerman, Marvin (2009). "Chapter 31. Sensation seeking". In Leary, Mark R.; Hoyle, Rick H. Handbook of Individual Differences in Social behavior. New York/London: The Guildford Press. pp. 455–465. ISBN 978-1-59385-647-2.
  10. ↑ Zuckerman, M., & Aluja, A. (2015). Measures of sensation seeking. In G.J. Boyle, D.H. Saklofske, & G. Matthews (Eds.), Measures of personality and social psychological constructs. San Diego, CA: Elsevier/Academic Press. ISBN 9-780123-869159
  11. ↑ Larsen, Randy J.; David. M. Buss (2008). Personality Psychology; Domains of Knowledge about Human Nature (3rd ed.). New York: McGraw Hill. p. 223.
  12. ↑ Eysenck, H.J., & Eysenck, S.B.G. (1991). Eysenck Personality Questionnaire - Revised. London: Hodder & Stoughton.
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