Intention

Abilities
Arousal
Attitude
Behavior
Beliefs
Competencies
Engagement
Environment
EI
Experience (nurture)
Feelings
Intention
Motivation
Nature (genes)
Organizational Level
Performance
Performance Improvement
Performer Level
Process Level
Results
Skills
Social Pressure
Talent
Understanding
Values

Intention is a person's aspiration to his or her goals. Neisser (1976) argues that cognition as knowing and understanding occurs only in the context of purposeful activity. We normally have a strong will to self-actualize what we want to become. Thus, intentions become the purposeful activities that our visions create.

Intention seems to characterize mind; natural objects, such as atoms, chairs, or planets, do not have intentions, rather they are controlled by the natural laws. The forming of an intention seems to imply a free will and the ability to choose.

Reference

Neisser, U. (1976). Cognition and Reality. San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman.

Notes

Big Dog, Little Dog