And he says it can be the key to success for both the individual and for our society. Joining me now is dr. Frank farley. Dr. Farley is a psychologist with temple university. Hes a former president of the American Psychological association, and he has a special interest in the study of risktaking. Dr. Farley, thanks for being with us. Frank farley happy to be here. Rosemary so, you do have a name for risktakers, theyre called type t personalities. Explain that to us. Frank well, the t stands for thrill. And a lot of what goes into taking risks is the excitement value, thats not the whole story, but thrillseeking, risktaking, and so on. And think of there being big t people to use my terminology, big t people who thrive on risk, living on the edge. We all know somebody like that. Their opposite are small t, who are Rosemary Little ts. Frank little t, yes, and theyre riskaverse. And then, you know, a lot of the world falls in between somewhere, between the big t and the small t. Not all
Bus but no one was injured. Mess left behind by todays windy weather. Crews hard at work after several trees toppled over. This one in stafford township fell on power lines. Theres still thousands of Power Outages in our area. Take a look at this. The wind caused two townhomes under construction to collapse in warrington. This is a picture of the homes. Luckily no one was hurt there but those powerful winds created problems all over the region. But it was those downed trees that caused the most problems today. It was a busy day for tree crews and a frustrating one for some car owners. Im like, for real . Why my car . His charger is likely totally loss. Strong winds toppled a tree on cre sham road hes thankful it wasnt worse. My son could have been in there that day. All day weve seen it happen in norristown. Crashing to the road. In elkins park a tree block part of new second street. Plea mouth meeting cars forced to detour. In philadelphias an dorrar section. Im hoping i can get out o