Results from 1,297 adolescents and adults show that, consistent with hypothesized relationships, people classified as Intuitive by the MBTI earned higher KAIT Composite IQs than those classified as Sensing. However, most other hypotheses were not supported, as the Fluid-Crystallized discrepancy was not meaningfully related to any MBTI dimension.…

This article reinterprets the philosophy of Taoism and applies it to creativity. Taoistic cognition is described as intuition or personal knowledge. Taoistic creativity is explained as involving incubation, syntectic thinking, and the unification through opposites. Dialectical thinking, Taoistic meditation and intuition, and symbolic thinking are…

Poses a probability problem with counterintuitive results which ultimately leads to a lesson in how mathematicians work and think. (KHR)

Presents a way of using counterintuitive mathematics problems to help keep students actively involved in mathematics education. (KHR)

Suggests teaching strategies to inculcate intuition as a valued means of knowing in the multicultural nursing education curriculum: self-awareness, cultural sensitivity, a climate of curiosity, process objectives, and a holistic approach to clinical experience. (Contains 36 references.) (JOW)

Recounts a tale of sleuthing through a labyrinth of organizational culture as a hired consultant. Deals with ethical dilemmas, organizational politics, and marketplace machiavellianism. (SR)

Provides problems to illustrate the potential power of mathematical intuition when confident problem solvers take the time to "play" with a problem and follow their instincts. (MKR)

Challenges Smolensky's theory that human intuitive/nonconscious cognitive processes can only be accurately explained in terms of subsymbolic computations in artificial neural networks. Symbolic learning models of two cognitive tasks involving nonconscious acquisition of information are presented: learning production rules and artificial finite…

Three studies involving 391 children aged 3 to 8 years suggest that, by age 3 or 4, children from middle-class and lower middle-class backgrounds seem to appreciate the homogeneous structure of substances and that their ideas about substances form a rather coherent belief system. (SLD)

Two experiments examined the possibility that children and adults possess a single-object/single-motion intuition. This intuition involves the view that all parts of a rigid object must move at the same speed because they all move together. (RH)

Looks at human information processing as a complex system, concentrating on certain insights about field interactions that will reposition the understanding of mental processes, moving it from an analysis of logical steps to the exploration of the influence that contexts have on human cognitive performance. (CR)

Provides a rationale for approaching mathematics as a second language. Gives teaching suggestions: begin in early childhood, stress similarities between math and language, use spoken math before written, use authentic assessment, and focus on real-life math use. (SK)

The validity of intuitive classifications of experienced diagnosticians was examined for 10 experienced diagnosticians evaluating child behavior problems. Results showed that intuitive prototypes corresponded poorly with empirical core syndromes in the assessment system of T. M. Achenbach and others. Reasons for differences are discussed. (SLD)

Describes the contributions to deep ecology of Henry Thoreau, who advocated acting upon strongly held convictions; John Muir, who adopted a biocentric view of nature; and Aldo Leopold, who formulated an egalitarian ecosystem ethic. While deep ecology is moving toward a new vision of humankind's relation to nature, it has yet to coalesce into a…

Outlines the structure of a weeklong workshop on creativity and intuition. The workshop was designed to provide counseling students with a basic understanding of the usefulness of creative and intuitive abilities. Using experiential exercises, group discussion, lectures, and individual presentations, students are provided with a theoretical and…