Intuition its powers and perils / [electronic resource] :
David G. Myers.
- Yale University Press, c2002.
- 1 online resource (x, 322 p.) : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-307) and index.
Thinking without awareness -- Social intuition -- Intuitive expertise and creativity -- Intuitions about our past and future -- Intuitions about our competence and virtue -- Intuitions about reality -- Sports intuition -- Investment intuition -- Clinical intuition -- Interviewer intuition -- Risk intuition -- Gamblers' intuition -- Psychic intuition.
Publisher's description: 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.