Intuitions Role in the Giant Spectrum

“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun.” Don Marquis explains the superiority of reason over instinct. Without reason, many of the things people choose wouldn’t be logical, and can lead to devastating consequences. Generally, reason can lead to positive, or at least logical decisions. Reason undeniably overrules instinct because of the logical choices, reliability, and the wider variety of possibilities it can result in.

Crichton, through the the affects the different cultures have on each other, shows that having and applying knowledge preserves the existence of one’s culture.

This hybrid model states that clinicians may tend to be more intuitive when rapid or high stakes decisions are required and more analytical when there is less time pressure and more quantifiable data available from which to make a decision. Lastly, Sensemaking is another decision-making approach applied to understand the process of human behavior. Sensemaking acknowledges that the effort required to make a decision involves evolving impressions and dynamic feedback that causes shifts in attention to decipher information. This model can be useful to review an incident to better understand the context in which actions were taken in an effort to help create better conditions for making future

There are numerous instances in which I have gained knowledge via intuition. For instance, last Halloween I saw a black cat, and I was concerned it was a sign of bad luck. Later that night I accidently broke my phone. I am sure there are many times in which I have seen black cats and not thought anything of it, but when it happens on Halloween it suddenly has more of a meaning.

How many times have we heard the saying “follow your heart” or people following their “guts” when making a decision? Soldiers in time of war are successfully recorded to use their instincts or “guts”, while engaged in life-threatening situations, in order to minimize life loss. A mom, “instinctively” knows when her child is feeling discomfort, without much need for words. Consecutively, expert chess players can predict how a game will end, by the mere look at pictures of a game. However, news reports in the States show policemen wrongfully shooting down suspects, while making snap judgments; more so, a tendency in judging the right job applicant, regardless of

An intuitive moral judgment is immediate judgment that requires no thinking or reflection. In other words, an intuitive moral judgment is simply a judgment we make with a minimum of thinking about it. An intuitive moral judgment is an automatic response to our understanding of a situation or an action. Many moral psychologists believe that moral intuitions are mainly based on our feelings rather than reasoning.

She first met with Dr. Ian McGilchrist to answer that question. Dr. Ian McGilchrist sat on the other side of the table with a studious look on his face as he said, “Intuition is not just some pink and fluffy feeling. Intuition is the awareness of the subtle [information] which lies outside the focus of attention.” Dr. McGilchrist provided an example of the use of intuition when he said, “You may meet a person and this person seems extremely friendly and gives off messages that make you want to trust them, but at some level you think that there is something wrong.” This clarifies what intuition is. Intuition is in touch with: the tone of voice that is used, the words chosen, and the nonverbal cues given off in conversation. Essentially, our intuitions can lead us to discover hidden meanings and to sense potential dangers. It was at that moment that I felt very strongly about the importance of intuition. Being in touch with our emotions and intuitions could mean the difference between life and death in some situations. I immediately began thinking about how dangerous it is for humans to be living without emotional connection and intuition. I found myself wondering what could be causing people to lose their intuition and emotional connection. Is it something we eat, an environmental factor or is it something else

The intuition model is about how we see people and what we think of them based on our first impression. The studies that have been based on this model look at the central and peripheral traits and at the primacy and recency effects.

I was doing a reading for my creative thinking class a while back and I came across an interesting idea that the author put forth. According to him, Michael Michalko, when we are stuck, unable to find a solution for a problem, our unconscious already has the solution, it is just a matter of pulling it up from the depths of our minds. This is where intuition comes from. Intuition is our subconscious telling us what we already know is or will be true. This subconscious to me is built off of experience, information, and our animal nature.

I would say that our instinctive judgments are heavily involved in the ways of knowing, that are emotion and intuition. In the human sciences, scientists have tried to evaluate the fight or flight response. The fight or flight response being the initial gut reaction people have in dangerous or conflicting situations. The fight or flight response, scientists believe, is an old primitive response to danger. Walter Cannon observed this phenomenon in 1915 when studying the digestive process of animals he noticed whenever the animal was afraid there were physical changes in the stomach. These physical changes happen in our body as well, and are a result of the integration of our instinctive judgments and our intuition. After his findings, Cannon concluded that emotion plays a role in our instinctive judgments, or rather that instinctive judgments play a role in our emotion. I agree with him in saying that the psychological arousal and the emotional response happen at the same time. This is why initially a person can get very enraged by something that he sees. In other words, because the arousal and response happen at the same time, this shows a joining of the instinctive judgments and the ways of

As humans, we spend little or no time processing the constant bombardment of information around us. We don’t have time to process everything, so we develop these mental shortcuts. We tend to follow our feelings, even if we don’t admit doing so. We always respond more to gut instincts, intuition, and other emotionally based triggers than we do to logic and reasoning. We just want to feel right about things. We are emotional, subconscious decision makers with a bit of logic. The following two techniques will provide the rational support

When subjected to pressures, the decision maker may depend on their past experiences and default into an intuitive decision-making pattern that is easier and more normal than an analytical or methodical approach. Using intuition tempered by experience, leaders determine a suitable course of action by gaining an understanding of what is going on in the current environment. Framing the problem correctly helps the decision maker visualize potential solutions and the desired end state to counter the status quo. With an emphasis on accurate situational awareness, leaders’ intuition clarifies the most important factors, the most rational goals, and the most likely effects of their actions. To do this effectively, the decision maker should have a cumulative experience through training, education, or firsthand

Sensing (S) and intuiting (N) dissect the focus of a person’s attention (1998). Sensing refers to using “facts” to determine a decision. Someone who identifies with sensing also is patient, likes to establish a routine, imitative and us good at checking /“reading the fine print”. With intuition (N) refers to using a “gut

Out if all the theory's I think empiricism makes the most sense. This is because, for the most part, I do not think knowledge can be innate. When you are a child you do stupid things like putting your hand on a hot burner. However, as people grow they learn more and more and obtain knowledge. To me knowledge is something that is earned, so if it is earned then it can't be innate. Yount's explanation of these these did not change my mind. Yount's reasoning actually strengthened my view of empiricism over rationalism. This is because one of the things listed for empiricism, Colors, really spoke to me. I feel like this could also be added on to, for example someone that is born blind has no idea what seeing is like and even their dreams are composed

Humans have developed the capacity to have direct knowledge that is unaided by any conscious observations or reason. Intuition, as we call this capacity, is a collection of past memories and observations that can affect the way people react to or process certain stimuli on a subconscious level. These automatic thought processes are greatly important in times of immediate response to danger, implicit memory, and latent and unconscious understanding of the world around us. In times of troubleshooting and desperation, human intuition is a