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1 | Read the text and complete the sentences. 1. When people are acting on intuition, ★★★. 2. When people don't know their next step in new relationships, ★★★. 3. Intuition can help people in situations where ★★★. 4. At the moments ★★★, people shouldn't use their intuition.
• | Have you ever found yourself forming an opinion without knowing the reason? That's most probably your "gut feeling". Scientists call it intuition. When intuition takes charge1, people's feelings and instincts guide their decisions or actions. It is like a special feeling or sense that helps you understand or know something. Sometimes you even might not have all the information and you can't explain exactly why you have acted in a particular way. Intuition can be very helpful in everyday situations. Here are some examples:
• | It can be a good guide in social situations. For example, you have met someone new, and you have some confusion2 in your mind. Should you build a relationship or not? In such situations, your intuition can help you decide whether to trust people or not.
• | Intuition can keep you safe. For example, if you are about to cross the street and you suddenly feel that it's not the right time, that's your intuition keeping you safe.
• | It can decrease4 the chance of making mistakes or facing problems. Imagine you're in a situation where something doesn't feel right. For example, you got a phone call and the person introduced himself as a bank worker. As he continued asking for details, your gut feeling warned you not to give the details. Later you learn that it was a bank scam.
• | Intuition can be particularly helpful when you cannot recall4 specific information or details. Here's a simple explanation: Imagine you're trying to remember where you left your glasses. You can't recall, but your intuition might guide you to places where you usually put them, helping you find them. Your intuition doesn’t rely on5 remembering every detail, instead it brings reminders6 into your memory.
• | So, can we say that intuition stretches7 our decision-making abilities? Well, experts say that it can help you but that might not be the case8 all the time. Because it is not a good thing to believe your gut feeling all the time. For example, experts believe that using intuition at the moments of high emotion might bring bad results. Thus they advise people to calm down before deciding anything.