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1A THRILLS AND SPILLS

Reading CRAZY OR T-POSITIVE

a Discuss the following questions with your
friends.

1 What was the biggest risky challenge
you have taken up so far?

2 Do you think you are an adrenaline
seeker? Why/ Why not?

b Scan the text and fill in the blanks
with the appropriate words and o some people, thrill seekers are so
Tcrazy that they have no idea about the
phrases.
results of the actions they take, or they have
1 People who desire psychological problems and want to show off.
actions, extreme sports and But, are these the real reasons? Are there any
are born that way. other reasons for this kind of behaviours?
n the 1980s, Frank Farley who is a professor
2 People take up
Iof educational psychology, coined the term
actions because there’s a
‘Type T Personality’ to describe adrenaline
reason.
seekers and risk-takers. According to him,
3 Adrenaline seekers tend to be more
these people who long for risky actions,
and
extreme sports and challenges are born that
than others.
way. There is a genetic reason why they’re
4 T-Positive people may feel
willing to take up thrilling actions. Farley
from the society and says that the amount of neurochemicals like
their may turn into
dopamine and testosterone in body affects the
violence. tendency for this kind of behaviours. That’s
5 Einstein’s new and why, even in early childhood, some kids are
were the products of more energetic than others. While ‘T-negative’
a creative mind. kids prefer playing with dolls, ‘T-positive’
ones try to climb the walls or jump high.
c Skim the text. Find six more phrasal arley also says that some factors are
verbs and write them in the blanks. Frooted in personality. Adrenaline seekers
tend to be more creative and self-confident
e.g. join in
than the others. They want to make their
own decisions. They don’t like to be ruled,
•
they don’t like to slow down. For example, if
•
there’s a competition and someone says that
• they cannot do it, they join in that competition
• because it sounds like a rule to them and they
• want to break the rules. They generally never
give in until they are satisfied with the result.
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