lawrocket 3 #26 September 20, 2006 I think a more global topic - where skydivers can be sort of a control group - is when objectively unreasonable behaviors are subjectively reasonable. Think about it - it is entirely unreasonable for a person to jump out of a plane just for the sake of doing it. It relates to why people drive without seatbelts, binge drink, or go from one crap relationship to another. So, explores the reasons behind the lack of "reason" in people's actions. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelpdiver 2 #27 September 20, 2006 If you can make it lab oriented (and figure out how to safely collect the data)... it would be interesting to take vitals (pulse, blood pressure, appearance) on the ground, nearing jump run, and on landing and compare that against their outward behavior. You have people thumping their chest on the ground and they nearly pass out from the adrenaline stress. Others keep their stress level very discreetly hidden. I imagine the biological indicators are hard to disguise. Pulse is easy to monitor with a HRM, but BP is much more challenging to do in the plane. And there is the problem of people who have white jacket syndrome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kbordson 8 #28 September 20, 2006 Quotewhite jacket syndrome. Stupid White Coat effect. It's not like Dr.s are scary. I don't wear the thigh highs in the office. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
StreetScooby 5 #29 September 20, 2006 Quote Perhaps there is a correlation. :) It would give him a reasonable "measuring tool" to start with.We are all engines of karma Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ringo 0 #30 September 20, 2006 "Upon completion of this course, you should be able to" - he doesn't have to do the research, just think up stuff the examiners believe (and if it is about skydiving - they won't know anything except we've all got a death wish). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,346 #31 September 21, 2006 QuoteI was thinking along the line of "do skydivers jump because they lack something that makes them feel more normal and the adreniline rush of skydiving gives it to them", or "do skydivers jump because they have something chemically/biologically that others do not have?" http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/reprint/82/8/2503Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #32 September 21, 2006 "Do the behaviours developed by experienced skydivers help them in other aspects of their lives?" eg, does learning to be decisive when a malfunction occurs help you make clear decisions when the pressure is on at work? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
