Can intuition be trained?

[marybagain]

An acquaintence of mine, who specialises in risk assessment and safety systems, has recently submitted a paper about the role intuition has in the field of safety assurance and management.

He writes: "Intuition is a process that closely cooperates with the analytic mind, and derives its information from past experiences in the quasi-conscious or

Comments

[nic102]

I am not sure she was right, though. While it is true that we might (and hopefully will) learn to utilise the other functions more as we grow and develop, our 'default' preferred functions would most likely remain the same. Just because someone has learned to control their feelings and 'appear' more logical, doesn't mean they become a T. People often can act as if they belong to a different type, but only under favourable circumstances, i.e. lack of stress or excessive pressure. Then, in a stressful or unfamiliar situation, especially when their 'weak' functions (third and forth) are tested, they will quickly revert to their 'true' type. Jung said that the fourth function is like a 'horse that cannot be educated'. It can be managed though, more or less successfully. The third function is much more accessible to the conscious mind and therefore can be developed to a greater extent.

I accept there might be different schools of thought, but I was taught that the type is set very early on, and although during the course of life different 'subtypes' can develop, the original type does not change.

[gyntsela]

I'm not sure what she was using, but she was referring to a large sheaf of papers when she went over all of that stuff with me. *shrug* It could be that you're right, and it's different schools of thought. The study of personality is fascinating, isn't it?

Peace.