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Superstimuli are stimuli that release an exaggerated response. The purpose of the present study was to examine whether there is a relationship between reactivity to superstimuli and attraction to the extreme. Therefore a questionnaire, involving visual (super)stimuli, was constructed by Bryan Cassady, completed by students of Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (N = 24) and analysed by the author using correlations and ANOVA F-tests. Three hypotheses were postulated: (1) “There are people who show a stronger reaction to superstimuli than other people”; (2) “People more reactive to superstimuli, are attracted to the extreme”; and (3) “People more reactive to superstimuli, are more reactive in general”. The study revealed that there are indeed people who show a strong response to superstimuli on the one hand, and people who don’t, on the other hand. Furthermore, It appeared that the stronger one’s response to superstimuli is, the stronger his of her attraction to extreme matters is. However, this conclusion cannot be generalized to the population because of the fairly small sample size. (het document "2Masterproef Tine Versleegers.pdf" is de juiste versie, het lukte me niet om de foutieve te wissen...)