Intuition [[electronic resource] ] : its powers and perils / / David G. Myers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452341303321
• Autore: Myers David G
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New Haven, : Yale University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-281-72252-9; 9786611722524; 0-300-13027-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Disciplina: 153.4/4
• Soggetti: Intuition; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-307) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Thinking Without Awareness -- 2. Social Intuition -- 3. Intuitive Expertise and Creativity -- 4. Intuitions About Our Past and Future -- 5. Intuitions About Our Competence and Virtue -- 6. Intuitions About Reality -- part III. practical intuition -- 7. Sports Intuition -- 8. Investment Intuition -- 9. Clinical Intuition -- 10. Interviewer Intuition -- 11. Risk Intuition -- 12. Gamblers' Intuition -- 13. Psychic Intuition -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How reliable is our intuition? How much should we depend on gut-level instinct rather than rational analysis when we play the stock market, choose a mate, hire an employee, or assess our own abilities? In this engaging and accessible book, David G. Myers shows us that while intuition can provide us with useful-and often amazing-insights, it can also dangerously mislead us. Drawing on recent psychological research, Myers discusses the powers and perils of intuition when:• judges and jurors determine who is telling the truth;• mental health workers predict whether someone is at risk for suicide or crime;• coaches, players, and fans decide who has the hot hand or the hot bat;• personnel directors hire new employees;• psychics claim to be clairvoyant or to have premonitions;• and much more.