I didn't have any particular interesting agenda for that word choice. If I had to justify it, I would say that to me "intuition" implies a belief (for example, I have an intuition that people who steal more money ought to be punished) and "tendency" implies an action (for example, when asked how much to punish a thief, I might respond "five years"). I am trying to carefully avoid language that implies the existence of beliefs, not because I have strong opinions on the matter but because I'm unsure.