Sensation Seeking Scale Form V – SSS-V

Choose one: [A] I like 'wild' uninhibited parties. [B] I prefer quiet parties with good conversation.

Choose one: [A] There are some movies I enjoy seeing a second or even third time. [B] I can't stand watching a movie that I've seen before.

Choose one: [A] I often wish I could be a mountain climber. [B] I can't understand people who risk their necks climbing mountains.

Choose one: [A] I dislike all body odours. [B] I like some of the earthy body smells.

Choose one: [A] I get bored seeing the same old faces. [B] I like the comfortable familiarity of everyday friends.

Choose one: [A] I like to explore a strange city or section of town by myself, even if it means getting lost. [B] I prefer a guide when I am in a place I don't know well.

Choose one: [A] I dislike people who do or say things just to shock or upset others. [B] When you can predict almost everything a person will do or say he or she must be a bore.

Choose one: [A] I usually don't enjoy a movie or play where I can predict what will happen in advance. [B] I don't mind watching a movie or play where I can predict what will happen in advance.

Choose one: [A] I have tried marijuana or would like to. [B] I would never smoke marijuana.

Choose one: [A] I would not like to try any drug which might produce strange and dangerous effects on me. [B] I would like to try some of the new drugs that produce hallucinations.

Choose one: [A] A sensible person avoids activities that are dangerous. [B] I sometimes like to do things that are a little frightening.

Choose one: [A] I dislike 'swingers' (people who are uninhibited and free about sex). [B] I enjoy the company of real 'swingers'.

Choose one: [A] I find that stimulants make me uncomfortable. [B] I often like to get high (drinking liquor or smoking marijuana).

Choose one: [A] I like to try new foods that I have never tasted before. [B] I order the dishes with which I am familiar, so as to avoid disappointment and unpleasantness.

Choose one: [A] I enjoy looking at home movies or travel slides. [B] Looking at someone's home movies or travel slides bores me tremendously.

Choose one: [A] I would like to take up the sport of water skiing. [B] I would not like to take up the sport of water skiing.

Choose one: [A] I would like to try surf board riding. [B] I would not like to try surf board riding.

Choose one: [A] I would like to take off on a trip with no preplanned or definite routes, or timetable. [B] When I go on a trip I like to plan my route and timetable fairly carefully.

Choose one: [A] I prefer the 'down to earth' kinds of people as friends. [B] I would like to make friends in some of the 'far out' groups like artists or 'punks'.

Choose one: [A] I would not like to learn to fly an aeroplane. [B] I would like to learn to fly an aeroplane.

Choose one: [A] I prefer the surface of the water to the depths. [B] I would like to go scuba diving.

Choose one: [A] I would like to meet some persons who are homosexual (men or women). [B] I stay away from anyone I suspect of being 'gay or lesbian'.

Choose one: [A] I would like to try parachute jumping. [B] I would never want to try jumping out of a plane with or without a parachute.

Choose one: [A] I prefer friends who are excitingly unpredictable. [B] I prefer friends who are reliable and predictable.

Choose one: [A] I am not interested in experience for its own sake. [B] I like to have new and exciting experiences and sensations even if they are a little frightening, unconventional or illegal.

Choose one: [A] The essence of good art is in its clarity, symmetry of form and harmony of colours. [B] I often find beauty in the 'clashing' of colours and irregular forms of modern paintings.

Choose one: [A] I enjoy spending time in the familiar surroundings of home. [B] I get restless if I have to stay around home for any length of time.

Choose one: [A] I like to dive off the high board. [B] I don't like the feeling I get standing on the high board (or I don't go near it at all).

Choose one: [A] I like to date members of the opposite sex who are physically exciting. [B] I like to date members of the opposite sex who share my values.

Choose one: [A] Heavy drinking usually ruins a party because some people get loud and boisterous. [B] Keeping the drinks full is the key to a good party.

Choose one: [A] The worst social sin is to be rude. [B] The worst social sin is to be a bore.

Choose one: [A] A person should have considerable sexual experience before marriage. [B] It's better if two married persons begin their sexual experience with each other.

Choose one: [A] Even if I had the money I would not care to associate with flighty rich persons like those in the 'jet set'. [B] I could conceive of myself seeking pleasures around the world with the 'jet set'.

Choose one: [A] I like people who are sharp and witty even if they do sometimes insult others. [B] I dislike people who have their fun at the expense of hurting the feelings of others.

Choose one: [A] There is altogether too much portrayal of sex in movies. [B] I enjoy watching many of the 'sexy' scenes in movies.

Choose one: [A] I feel best after taking a couple of drinks. [B] Something is wrong with people who need liquor to feel good.

Choose one: [A] People should dress according to some standard of taste, neatness and style. [B] People should dress in individual ways even if the effects are sometimes strange.

Choose one: [A] Sailing long distances in small sailing crafts is foolhardy. [B] I would like to sail a long distance in a small but seaworthy sailing craft.

Choose one: [A] I have no patience with dull or boring persons. [B] I find something interesting in almost every person I talk to.

Choose one: [A] Skiing down a high mountain slope is a good way to end up on crutches. [B] I think I would enjoy the sensations of skiing very fast down a high mountain slope.