Sensation seeking,decision making styles,and preference for individual responsibility |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Laboratoire psychologie des âges de la vie, PAV, EA 2114, université François-Rabelais, 5, rue des Tanneurs, 37041 Tours, France;2. Laboratoire d’étude des mécanismes cognitifs, EMC, EA 3082, université Lumière Lyon-2, 5, avenue Pierre-Mendès-France, 69676 Bron cedex, France;3. Institut Universitaire de France, 103, boulevard Saint-Michel, 75005 Paris, France;1. Department of Psychology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA;2. Department of Anthropology, University of California, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, USA;1. Department of Radiation Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, United States;2. Department of Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, United States;3. Department of Population Sciences, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, United States;4. Department of Medical Oncology, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, United States;1. Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral, Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX;2. Resident PGY-3, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX;3. Resident PGY-3, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX;4. Chief Resident PGY-6, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX;6. Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Abstract: | Two scales were designed to measure respectively how people report they make plans and decisions; the Active/Decisive (AD) scale, and the degree to which they prefer environments that offer some type of personal initiative, personal freedom, and/or personal control; the Individual Responsibility (IR) scale. The results indicate that people can be differentiated in terms of being active/decisive and, to some degree, in terms of preferring environments that offer greater or lesser amounts of individual responsibility. Factor analysis of the AD scale indicated there are four distinct factors that correspond to four of the attributes that Peters and Waterman (1982) suggest characterize the planning and decision making styles of the executives of some of the top companies in the U.S. The AD scale was found to correlate 0.42 (P < 0.01) with Zuckerman's Sensation Seeking scale (SSSV) while the IR scale was found to correlate 0.24 (P < 0.01) with the SSSV scale. It is suggested that the trait of sensation seeking ‘prepares’ individuals to develop the active/decisive planning and decision making style as well as influences them to endorse the concept of ‘individual responsibility’. |
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