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  2. Intuition - Wikipedia

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    Intuition is the ability to acquire knowledge, without recourse to conscious reasoning or needing an explanation. [2] [3] Different fields use the word "intuition" in ...

  3. Biological basis of personality - Wikipedia

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    The biological basis of personality is a collection of brain systems and mechanisms that underlie human personality. Human neurobiology , especially as it relates to complex traits and behaviors, is not well understood, but research into the neuroanatomical and functional underpinnings of personality are an active field of research.

  4. Jungian cognitive functions - Wikipedia

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    Intuition, on the other hand, does perceive the image that caused it, perceiving it and its course in a very detailed manner rather than the giddiness itself, which is "the image of a tottering man pierced through the heart by an arrow". [2] "For intuition, therefore, the unconscious images attain the dignity of things or objects.

  5. Personality psychology - Wikipedia

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    This personality typology has some aspects of a trait theory: it explains people's behavior in terms of opposite fixed characteristics. In these more traditional models, the sensing/intuition preference is considered the most basic, dividing people into "N" (intuitive) or "S" (sensing) personality types.

  6. Phenotype - Wikipedia

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    A proposed definition for both terms as the "physical totality of all traits of an organism or of one of its subsystems" was put forth by Mahner and Kary in 1997, who argue that although scientists tend to intuitively use these and related terms in a manner that does not impede research, the terms are not well defined and usage of the terms is ...

  7. Personality type - Wikipedia

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    An early form of personality type indicator theory was the Four Temperaments system of Galen, based on the four humours model of Hippocrates; an extended five temperaments system based on the classical theory was published in 1958. One example of personality types is Type A and Type B personality theory. According to this theory, impatient ...

  8. Gray's biopsychological theory of personality - Wikipedia

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    The biopsychological theory of personality is a model of the general biological processes relevant for human psychology, behavior, and personality. The model, proposed by research psychologist Jeffrey Alan Gray in 1970, is well-supported by subsequent research and has general acceptance among professionals.

  9. Adaptive unconscious - Wikipedia

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    Malcolm Gladwell described intuition, not as an emotional reaction, but a very quick thinking. [5] He said that if an individual realized that a truck is about to hit him, there would be no time to think through all of his options and, to survive, he must rely on this kind of decision-making apparatus, which is capable of making very quick judgments based on little information. [6]