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Roles of implicit processes: instinct, intuition, and personality

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  • Ron Sun
  • Nick Wilson

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The goal of this research is to explore implicit and explicit processes in shaping an individual’s characteristic behavioral patterns, that is, personality. The questions addressed are how psychological processes may be separated into implicit and explicit types, and how such a separation figures into personality. In particular, it focuses on the role of instinct and intuition (two kinds of mostly implicit processes) in determining personality. This paper argues that personality may be fundamentally based on instincts resulting from basic human motivation, along with related processes, within a comprehensive cognitive architecture. This approach is implemented as a computational model. Various tests and simulations show that this model captures major personality traits and accounts for empirical data. The work shows how a cognitive architecture with the implicit–explicit distinction may capture instinct, intuition, and personality. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Ron Sun & Nick Wilson, 2014. "Roles of implicit processes: instinct, intuition, and personality," Mind & Society: Cognitive Studies in Economics and Social Sciences, Springer;Fondazione Rosselli, vol. 13(1), pages 109-134, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:minsoc:v:13:y:2014:i:1:p:109-134
    DOI: 10.1007/s11299-013-0134-4
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