intuition

Examples of intuition in the following topics:

• Continuity

  • A continuous function is a function for which, intuitively, "small" changes in the input result in "small" changes in the output.
  • A continuous function is a function for which, intuitively, "small" changes in the input result in "small" changes in the output.

• Time Pressure as a Barrier to Decision Making

  • Time pressure forces decision makers to shift from logical processes (ideal) to intuitive processes (sub-ideal).
  • Severe time constraints can make decision processes and individual judgment less objective and more influenced by intuition as more formal and rigorous approaches are ignored.
  • Time pressure often forces decision makers to look for intuitive shortcuts rather than logically processing all of the required data.

• Limits and Continuity

  • A study of limits and continuity in multivariable calculus yields counter-intuitive results not demonstrated by single-variable functions.
  • A study of limits and continuity in multivariable calculus yields many counter-intuitive results not demonstrated by single-variable functions .
  • However, continuity in multivariable functions yields many counter-intuitive results.

• Logic

  • Instinct, intuition, abduction, deduction, induction and authority are examples of sources of knowledge.
  • Instinct, intuition and introspection were once of great importance, but are not often seen as credible as "science" when seeking justifications for "knowledge" in Western, industrial societies.
  • Research in the cognitive sciences and behavioral economics has recently been investigating intuition as a means of decision- making.
  • Daniel Kahneman (a psychologist) received the Nobel in economics for work in cognitive processes and intuition in economic decisions.
  • The differences are that abduction is less formal process that consists of a combination of intuition, experience, observation, deductive reasoning and generates hypotheses which could be wrong.

• Approaches to network positions and social roles

  • In an intuitive way, we would say that two actors have the same "position" or "role" to the extent that their pattern of relationships with other actors is the same.
  • But, there are a couple things about this intuitive definition that are troublesome.
  • The second problem with our intuitive definition of a "role" or "position" is this: assuming that I have a set of actors and a set of relations that make sense for studying a particular question, what do I mean that actors who share the same position are similar in their pattern of relationships or ties?

• Problem-Solving

  • The way we solve problems can be influenced by algorithms, heuristics, intuition, insight, confirmation bias, and functional fixedness.
  • These spontaneous decisions are often associated with functional fixedness, confirmation bias, insight and intuition phenomenology, heuristics, and algorithms.
  • Intuition phenomenology differs from insight phenomenology in that intuition, or the gut feeling one gets, is largely influenced by past knowledge and experience, whereas insight arises suddenly for a given context or problem which is not based on previous knowledge or experience.
  • Some of these mental processes include functional fixedness, confirmation bias, insight and intuition phenomenology, heuristics, and algorithms.
  • Examine how algorithms, heuristics, intuition, insight, confirmation bias, and functional fixedness can influence judgment and decision making.

• Introduction to Influence and Negotiation

  • The Milgram experiment is particularly interesting, where individuals tended to listen to authority even against extremely strong intuitions and sometimes even ethics.
  • The more intuitive examples influence, such as through being liked/holding the affection of individuals one is influencing, holding a positive reputation in a community, and being consistent and dependable.
  • A less intuitive example is by influencing through scarcity, which is the way in which limited availability dramatically influences buying behaviors.
  • The experiment showed individuals tended to listen to authority even against extremely strong intuitions and sometimes even ethics.
  • In this experiment, people would be influenced to act unethically by authority despite their intuition not to.

• Expected Values of Discrete Random Variables

  • The expected value may be intuitively understood by the law of large numbers: the expected value, when it exists, is almost surely the limit of the sample mean as sample size grows to infinity.
  • This is intuitive: the expected value of a random variable is the average of all values it can take; thus the expected value is what one expects to happen on average.
  • The intuition, however, remains the same: the expected value of $X$ is what one expects to happen on average.

• Intellectual Skills of Successful Managers

  • Conceptual skills revolve around generating ideas through creative intuitions and a comprehensive understanding of a given context.
  • Conceptual skills primarily revolve around generating ideas, utilizing a combination of creative intuitions and a comprehensive understanding of a given context (i.e., incumbent's industry, organizational mission and objectives, competitive dynamics, etc.).

• Concavity and the Second Derivative Test

  • which means that $f'(x+h) < 0$ if $h < 0$ (intuitively, $f$ is decreasing as it approaches $x$ from the left), and that $f'(x+h) > 0$  if $h > 0$ (intuitively, $f$ is increasing as we go right from $x$).