Thursday, October 3, 2013

How does intuition work? What are the strengths and drawbacks of relying on one’s intuition? Do you believe individuals are wise to trust their intuition all the time? Why or why not?

           Intuition is individuals knowing they are right, whether they are or not right (Myers, 2010). Basically, individuals do not use reasoned analysis because they always know something or things. When an individual uses intuition, what occurs is thinking and decision making without reasoning that occurs. A strength of relying on intuition is that an individual can make quick or snap judgments or decisions without a long drawn out thought process. A draw back to using intuition is that individuals neglect analytic reasoning, which can lead to unsound decisions. Another draw back is that using intuition can be misleading. I do not believe individuals are wise to trust their intuition all the time. Trusting one's intuition all the time will not result in good decisions. Individuals need both intuition and reason in order to make the best possible decisions in life. Intuition without any steps of analysis leads individuals to potential manipulation and opening themselves up to make errors and biases judgments. Intuition is a necessary part of life but is not always reliable.
Reference
Myers, D. G. (2010). Social psychology (10th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw Hill.
Does intuition lead to fuzzy decision-making? (2012). The Business Journal - Central New York, 26(17), 5. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1018405161?accountid=458

1 comment:

  1. why do you think that intuition is a necessary part of life but is not always reliable. I believe that not everybody have what is call intuition. those having it should use it to their own advantage, may be for others. depends on the individuals. Why use once in a while something that benefit you anytime you use it. why not making it a habit. a lifestyle, your belief makes people believe that "what you belief in is true, because you live it" you apply the rule. so where you are saying that "intuition without any steps of analysis leads individuals to potential manipulation and opening themselves up to make........." try and review that paragraph, because i believe that the person who wrote this is not intuitive or else wouldnt have said that, who said that an intuitive person doesnt do analysis, he act so, because he agrees, he sees his way through. People call them as "LUCKY" they are not lucky or let me say, we are not lucky, we know, that's why we act that way. stop talking about something you dont know. I'm from Africa, Here our belief is different. "Not every human being is a human being' depends on the way you understand human being. But believe also in a spiritual. who says intuition means abstracted world.
    Yeyo

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