Intuition : its powers and perils / David G. Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intuition.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-307) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-72252-9

9786611722524

0-300-13027-9

OCLC:

952732155