Tradition-oriented personality

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"A personality that has a strong emphasis on doing things the same way that they have always been done. Individuals with this sort of personality are less likely to try new things and to seek new experiences. The tradition-oriented personality is one of the modal personality types identified by David Riesman in the early 1950's". http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cglossary.htm

(many of these people continue in the face of the net, even though they've been around it for a while - it's been in research for 30 years, for instance)