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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.

David G. Myers is John Dirk Werkman Professor of Psychology at Hope College.

Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
The Powers of Intuition
Thinking Without Awareness	p. 15
Social Intuition	p. 31
Intuitive Expertise and Creativity	p. 51
The Perils of Intuition
Intuitions About Our Past and Future	p. 67
Intuitions About Our Competence and Virtue	p. 87
Intuitions About Reality	p. 104
Practical Intuition
Sports Intuition	p. 133
Investment Intuition	p. 152
Clinical Intuition	p. 172
Interviewer Intuition	p. 187
Risk Intuition	p. 198
Gamblers' Intuition	p. 213
Psychic Intuition	p. 226
Epilogue	p. 247
Notes	p. 251
Index	p. 309
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Intuition : Its Powers and Perils

Intuition : Its Powers and Perils

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