A study of the relationship between intuition and perception

A descriptive correlational study was conducted to determine if a significant relationship existed between the perception of the patterns and relationships in a complex nursing situation presented on video-tape and the intuition score on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The sample consisted of 30 nurses enrolled in a master's level nursing class. Subjects viewed a three minute scenario of a patient experiencing hypoglycemic shock. Subjects were asked to make a diagnosis and list cues supporting the diagnosis. Subjects then took the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The hypothesis tested was that there would be an inverse relationship between the intuition score of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the number of cues needed to arrive at an accurate diagnosis of a patient problem. The correlation coefficient of the intuition scores and the perceptual accuracy scores was not significant for alpha .05.

Level thesis:degree_level

Doctor of Philosophy

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1985

Author dc:creator

• Sanford, Martha

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Gudmundsen, Anne

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Mahon, Patricia
• Bush, Helen
• Johnson, Margie
• Beard, Margaret

• Perception
• Patterns
• Nursing situations
• Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/13399

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/13399