The experience of intuition

Chinen, Allan B.; Spielvogel, Anna; Farrell, Dennis

doi:10.1080/00322928508407961

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“…The findings suggest some important points concerning intuition in MFT. First, participant descriptions were consistent with other definitions of intuition in the extant literature as a way of knowing on the basis of inadequate information and without rational processing (Chinen et al 1985;Shirley and Langan-Fox 1996). In addition, specific comments illuminated unique aspects of intuition in marriage and family therapy.…”

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Clinical Intuition: A Qualitative Study of Its Use and Experience Among Marriage and Family Therapists

Jeffrey

Fish

2011

Contemp Fam Ther

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Clinical intuition has been a topic of interest in the mental health literature for years. However, while literature on intuition from various other helping professions exists, little has been researched or written about marriage and family therapists' (MFTs') experiences and views. In this qualitative phenomenological study we explored how MFTs view and experience intuition in clinical work. Eight MFTs were interviewed and answered questions regarding their views and use of intuition in therapy. We present findings through participants' descriptions of intuition, its function in clinical work, and how it is experienced. We found that these MFTs value and use intuition in therapy, and that it may be a unique source of relationally based information and guidance. Implications for clinical practice and training are discussed, along with directions for future research. Keywords Clinical intuition Á MFT ways of knowingClinical intuition is an enigma. Many have written about the important role of intuition in clinical work, both lauding its importance (e.

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“…Efforts were made to obtain a diverse sample of participants in terms of years of experience, gender, and race. These are areas identified in the literature as impacting different ways of knowing in general and intuition in particular (cf., Asante 2001;Chinen et al 1985;Ryan and David 2003).…”

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Clinical Intuition: A Qualitative Study of Its Use and Experience Among Marriage and Family Therapists

Jeffrey

Fish

2011

Contemp Fam Ther

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“…The fact that the vast majority (93.9%) of participants were female could be seen as confirmation of the popular stereotype that women are more intuitive than men (see Goldberg, 1983;Myers, 2002). However, it is possible that women were drawn to the study precisely because of this myth and that men avoided it because of the social stigma sometimes attached to intuitive thinking (Chinen et al, 1985). Table 1 summarizes the ways in which respondents defined and justified their intuitive self-concept.…”

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“…. because it would be unethical Thus, while many of those claiming to be intuitively gifted base this selfperception on their alleged interpersonal sensitivity (see above) a sizable minority also recognize the pragmatic issues associated with acting on one's intuitive hunches (e.g., Chinen at al., 1985). Further support for this argument came from the seemingly paradoxical claim, forwarded by a third of intuitives, that it was unwise to follow intuitions which conflicted with common sense or the need for rational justification: These data are in line with Rew's (1988) claim that many nurses trust their initial intuitions but still seek objective, medical fact before treating with patient needs.…”

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“…the topic from a diverse range of theoretical perspectives. 1 This work has, for example, included investigating the situations under which people report making intuitive judgments (e.g., Agor, 1986Agor, , 1989Charles, 2004;Chinen, Spielvogel, & Farrell, 1985;Davis-Floyd & Davis, 1997;Miller, 1995, Rew, 1988, the mechanisms that may underlay such experiences (e.g., Bastick, 1982;Baylor, 1997;Cosier & Aplin, 1982;Ferguson, 1999;Giannini, Daood, Giannini, Boniface, & Rhodes, 1978;Gilovich, Griffin, & Kahneman, 2002;Kahneman, Slovic, & Tversky, 1982;Rehm & Gadenne, 1990;Sutherland, 1992;Wisiniewski, 1998) and the types of individual differences that may correlate with alleged intuitive abilities (Epstein, 1990;Epstein, Pacini, Denes-Raj, & Meier et al, 1996;Fallik, & Eliot, 1985;June, 1923 2 ;Lester, Thinschmidt, & Trautman, 1987;McCrae, 1994;Taggart, Valenzi, Zalka, & Lowe, 1997;Woolhouse, 1996;Woolhouse & Bayne, 2000).…”

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Self-Perceived High Intuitiveness: An Initial Exploration

Rogers¹,

Wiseman

2005

Imagination, Cognition and Personality

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This article presents the results of an exploratory and qualitative examination of the beliefs, experiences and alleged abilities of 50 individuals claiming to be highly intuitive. Participants offered three distinct mechanisms to explain how their intuition works—psychological, psychic, and spiritual. They reported relying on intuition mainly to judge the personality of strangers and predict the outcome of future events. Most could not recall instances of their intuitive judgments failing, and believed it was always wise to act on an intuition. Almost all reported believing that the onset of intuition was uncontrollable, but could be enhanced by becoming more receptive to one's “gut feelings.” These results are discussed in terms of developing a more detailed and ecologically valid understanding of intuition.

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Conscious and unconscious retrieval in picture recognition: A framework for exploring gender differences.

Anooshian¹,

Seibert²

1996

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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The authors explored gender differences by examining 2 distinct memory processes involved in recognizing pictures that were scenes captured from videotapes. For Study 1, the authors used a process dissociation procedure (L.J. Anooshian & P.S. Seibert, 1995; L.L. Jacoby, 1991) to obtain separate estimates of the contributions of recollection (conscious retrieval) and sense of familiarity (unconscious retrieval) in recognizing scenes along previously viewed routes of travel. Women obtained higher familiarity scores than did men, whereas no gender difference emerged for conscious recollection. In Study 2, the authors tested both preschool children and adults and found results similar to those in Study 1 for a task with pictures captured from children's cartoons, regardless of age. The results from these studies illustrate the need for greater attention to diverse memory processes when investigating individual differences, including gender differences, in diverse task domains.

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The experience of intuition

Cited by 4 publications

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Clinical Intuition: A Qualitative Study of Its Use and Experience Among Marriage and Family Therapists

Clinical Intuition: A Qualitative Study of Its Use and Experience Among Marriage and Family Therapists

Self-Perceived High Intuitiveness: An Initial Exploration

Conscious and unconscious retrieval in picture recognition: A framework for exploring gender differences.

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