On the Measurement of Intuitive Leaps

Westcott, Malcolm R.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1961.9.2.267

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“…Correspondingly, we found that, in addition to "Consequences" (Dim 7), "Function" (Dim 3) is also positively correlated with "sensation" and may be expected to be low when intuition is high. Another characteristic finding is that intuitive subjects do not follow explicit regulations and procedures in tackling cognitive problems and may stray from the task at hand in a manner that seems unaccountable to outside observers and often to themselves, too (Westcott, 1961. It is plausible that our findings about how subjects high in intuition cope with referents highlight some of the mechanisms implementing these tendencies as well as the famous "intuitive leaps."…”

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The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits

Kreitler¹,

Kreitler²

1990

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Section: Results and Conclusionmentioning

confidence: 76%

The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits

Kreitler¹,

Kreitler²

1990

101

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“…The illumination stage has been referred to as the intuitive leap (Westcott, 1961). At this point, the mental image of the solution can be communicated verbally, pictorially, or with a three dimensional model (Rockenstein, 1988).…”

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“…Many strongly left-brain-dominant people argue that intuitive insight is nothing more than very fast analysis (Westcott, 1961). When encouraged to develop their intuitive skills, they claim all the talk about individual and collective unconscious is New Age hocus-pocus.…”

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Intuitive Development: Communication in the Nineties

Johnson¹,

Daumer²

1993

Public Personnel Management

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Communication is an intuitive as well as cognitive process. In order to develop the brain skill of intuition, it is sometimes necessary to shut down cognitive (left-brain analyses and pay special attention to intuitive (right-brain) ways of knowing. The brain hemispheres work differently and yet in conjunction. This article suggests techniques for developing intuitive brain skills. Mandalas, "other" hand writing, and positive affirmations can be used to improve intuitive skills.

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“…Third, confidence in the process and data used influences use of intuition, even when other data should be more relevant (Simmons & Nelson, 2006). Fourth, even if the user is unaware that a (or which) cue is affecting the decision, prior experience and cue exposure are implicitly used in intuitive decision-making (Bouthilet, 1948; Westcott, 1961). Finally, intuitive decision-making is similar to naturalistic decision-making techniques such as used by experienced firefighters or military commanders in which effective decision-making is based on pattern-matching and recognition, hypothesis generation, controlled experimentation, and mental simulation (Klein, 1997).…”

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Developing a Framework for Intuitive Human-Computer Interaction

O’Brien

Rogers

Fisk

2008

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual

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Many technology marketing materials tout the intuitive nature of products, but current human-computer interaction (HCI) guidelines provide limited methods to help designers create this experience beyond making them easy to use. This paper proposes a definition for intuitive interaction with specific attributes to allow designers to create products that elicit the target experience. Review of relevant literatures provides empirical evidence for the suggested working definition of intuitive HCI: interactions between humans and high technology in lenient learning environments that allow the human to use a combination of prior experience and feedforward methods to achieve an individual’s functional and abstract goals. Core concepts supporting this definition were compiled into an organizational framework that includes: seeking user goals, performing well-learned behavior, determining what to do next, metacognition, knowledge in the head, and knowledge in the world. This paper describes these concepts and proposes design approaches that could facilitate intuitive behavior and suggests areas for further research.

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On the Measurement of Intuitive Leaps

Cited by 31 publications

References 2 publications

The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits

The Cognitive Foundations of Personality Traits

Intuitive Development: Communication in the Nineties

Developing a Framework for Intuitive Human-Computer Interaction

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