Intuition: A Challenge for Psychological Research on Decision Making

Intuition represents an enormous challenge for research on decision making. What is intuition? How does it modify our appreciation of cognitive abilities? When should people trust intuition? These questions set the agenda for this article, which (a) defines intuition, (b) comments on how intuition h...

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Published inPsychological inquiry Vol. 21; no. 4; pp. 338 - 353
Main Author Hogarth, Robin M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Mahwah Taylor & Francis Group 01.10.2010
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Cognitive psychology
Decision making
Heuristics
Intuition
Judgment
Learning
Modeling
Moral judgment
Morality
Psychological aspects
Social psychology
Tuition
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Summary:Intuition represents an enormous challenge for research on decision making. What is intuition? How does it modify our appreciation of cognitive abilities? When should people trust intuition? These questions set the agenda for this article, which (a) defines intuition, (b) comments on how intuition has been viewed across time in the decision making literature, (c) stresses the need to specify different types of intuition, (d) discusses when intuition is likely to lead to good decisions, and (e) presents four challenges. These are, first, elucidating the evolution of preferences; second, illuminating culturally acquired values such as morals; third, the need to educate intuitive responses; and fourth, problems in using intuition for decision making in a changing world. However, the major challenge facing intuition research is the need for conceptual work to define the nature and scope of different intuitive phenomena. To be useful, the concept should not become too broad.
ISSN:1047-840X
1532-7965
DOI:10.1080/1047840X.2010.520260