intuitive type

in Carl Jung’s analytic psychology, a functional type characterized by an ability to adapt “by means of unconscious indications” and “a fine and sharpened perception and interpretation of faintly conscious stimuli.” The intuitive type is one of Jung’s two irrational types; the other is the sensation type. See also feeling type; thinking type.

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December 21st 2024

serial recall

serial recall

recalling items in the order in which they were presented. For instance, to remember a telephone number, the digits must be correctly sequenced. See also serial memory.