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1 small

smo:l
adjective

1) (little in size, degree, importance etc; not large or great: She was accompanied by a small boy of about six; There's only a small amount of sugar left; She cut the meat up small for the baby.) pequeño

2) (not doing something on a large scale: He's a small businessman.) pequeño

3) (little; not much: You have small reason to be satisfied with yourself.) poco

4) ((of the letters of the alphabet) not capital: The teacher showed the children how to write a capital G and a small g.) minúsculo

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- small ads
- small arms
- small change
- small hours
- smallpox
- small screen
- small-time
- feel/look small

small adj pequeño

a small child un niño pequeño

their flat is smaller than ours su piso es más pequeño que el nuestro

small

tr[smɔːl]

adjective

1 (not large) pequeño,-a, chico,-a

■ this skirt is too small for me esta falda me va pequeña

■ we live in a small flat vivimos en un piso pequeño

■ it's just a small present sólo es un regalito

■ get the small table coge la mesita

2 (in height) bajo,-a, pequeño,-a

■ he's a small man es un hombre bajito

■ she's quite small for her age es bastante pequeña para su edad

3 (young) joven, pequeño,-a

■ when I was small cuando era pequeño

■ small children niños pequeños

4 (reduced - sum, number) reducido,-a, módico,-a; (slight, scant) escaso,-a, poco,-a

■ I want you to work in small groups quiero que trabajéis en grupos reducidos

■ we paid small attention prestamos poca atención

■ it's small comfort es un triste consuelo

5 (small-scale) pequeño,-a

■ small business pequeño comercio

■ small investor pequeño inversor

6 (unimportant, trivial) sin importancia, de poca importancia, insignificante

■ you've made a few small mistakes has hecho unos errores sin importancia

7 (not capital) minúscula

■ with a small t con t minúscula

8 (mean, petty) mezquino,-a

adverb

1 pequeño

■ cut it up small córtalo en trocitos

plural noun smalls

1 dated (underwear) paños nombre masculino plural menores, ropa f sing interior

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SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALL

(it's) small wonder that... no me extraña (nada) que...

in a small voice con la boca pequeña

in the small hours a altas horas de la madrugada

it's a small world el mundo es un pañuelo

to have a small appetite no ser de mucho comer

to feel small sentirse humillado,-a

to make somebody look small dejar a alguien en ridículo, humillar a alguien

a small fortune un dineral nombre masculino

small ads anuncios nombre masculino plural por palabras, pequeños anuncios nombre masculino plural

small arms armas nombre masculino plural portátiles

small change cambio, monedas nombre femenino plural sueltas

small fry gente nombre femenino de poca monta

small of the back región nombre femenino lumbar

small print letra menuda, letra pequeña

small screen pequeña pantalla

small talk charla, charloteo

small ['smɔl] adj

1) : pequeño, chico

a small house: una casa pequeña

small change: monedas de poco valor

2) trivial: pequeño, insignificante

small

adj.

• chico, -a adj.

• chiquito, -a adj.

• corto, -a adj.

• insignificante adj.

• menudo, -a adj.

• mezquino, -a adj.

• meñique adj.

• minúsculo, -a adj.

• parvo, -a adj.

• pequeño, -a adj.

• párvulo, -a adj.

• reducido, -a adj.

adv.

• en miniatura adv.

n.

• cochitril s.m.

I smɔːl
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( in size) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

to cut something up small — cortar algo en trocitos (pequeños)

a small waist — una cintura muy estrecha

small letters — letras fpl minúsculas

he's a conservative with a small `c' — es de ideas conservadoras en el sentido amplio de la palabra

the small screen — la pequeña pantalla, la pantalla chica (AmL)

to be small beer o (AmE also) small potatoes: for him $2,000 is small beer — para él 2.000 dólares no son nada or son poca cosa

b) (in number, amount, value) < family> pequeño, chico (esp AmL); <sum/price> módico, reducido

c) ( not much)

they have small chance of succeeding — tienen pocas probabilidades de lograrlo

small wonder! — no es de extrañar, no me extraña

2)

a) (unimportant, trivial) <mistake/problem> pequeño, de poca importancia

b) (humble, modest)

to start in a small way — empezar* de forma muy modesta

to feel small — sentirse* insignificante or (fam) poca cosa

I'm sorry, he said in a small voice — -lo siento -dijo en un hilo de voz

II

noun

1)

the small of the back — región baja de la espalda, que corresponde al segmento dorsal de la columna vertebral

2) smalls pl (BrE colloq & dated) ropa f interior, paños mpl menores (hum)

[smɔːl]
1. ADJ
(compar smaller) (superl smallest)
1) (=not big) [object, building, room, animal, group] pequeño, chico (LAm); (in height) bajo, pequeño, chaparro (LAm); [family, population] pequeño, poco numeroso; [audience] reducido, poco numeroso; [stock, supply] reducido, escaso; [waist] estrecho; [clothes] de talla pequeña; [meal] ligero; [coal] menudo

the dress is too small for her — el vestido le viene pequeño or chico

the smaller of the two — el menor (de los dos)

with a small "e" — con "e" minúscula

• to have a small appetite — no ser de mucho comer, comer poco

• to become or get or grow smaller — [income, difficulties, supply, population, amount] disminuir, reducirse; [object] hacerse más pequeño

mobile phones are getting smaller — los teléfonos móviles son cada vez más pequeños

• to break/ cut sth up small — romper algo en trozos pequeños/cortar algo en trocitos

• to get or grow smaller, until the small hours — hasta altas horas de la noche

• to be small in size — [country] ser pequeño; [animal, object] ser de pequeño tamaño; [room] ser de dimensiones reducidas

• in small letters — en minúsculas

• this house makes the other one look small — esta casa hace que la otra se quede pequeña

• to make o.s. small — achicarse

to make sth smaller — [+ income, difficulties, supply, population, amount] reducir algo; [+ object, garment] reducir algo de tamaño, hacer algo más pequeño

• the smallest room — euph hum el excusado

- be small beer or small potatoes

it was small beer compared to the money he was getting before — no era nada or era poca cosa comparado con lo que ganaba antes
world 1., 1), wee I
2) (=minor) [problem, mistake, job, task] pequeño, de poca importancia; [contribution] pequeño; [difference, change, increase, improvement] pequeño, ligero

• to start in a small way — empezar desde abajo

3) (=inconsequential)

• to feel small — sentirse insignificante

• to make sb look small — rebajar a algn

• she said in a small voice — dijo con un hilo de voz

4) (=young) [child, baby] pequeño, chico (esp LAm)

when we were small — cuando éramos pequeños or chicos

5) frm (=slight, scant) poco

• to be small comfort or consolation (to sb) — servir de poco consuelo (a algn)

• to be of small concern (to sb) — importar poco (a algn)

• to have small hope of success — tener pocas esperanzas de éxito

• a matter of small importance — un asunto de poca importancia
measure 1., 6), wonder 1., 2)
2. N

1)

• the small of the back — la región lumbar

2) smalls (Brit) * (=underwear) ropa fsing interior or (esp LAm) íntima

3.

ADV

• don't think too small — piensa más a lo grande

• try not to write so small — intenta no escribir con una letra tan pequeña

4.

CPD

small ad N — (Brit) anuncio m por palabras

small arms NPL — armas fpl ligeras de bajo calibre

small business N — pequeña empresa f

the small businessman N — el pequeño empresario

small capitals NPL — (Typ) (also: small caps) versalitas fpl

small change N — suelto m, cambio m, calderilla f, sencillo m (LAm), feria f (Mex) *

small claims court N — tribunal m de instancia (que se ocupa de asuntos menores)

small end N — (Aut) pie m de biela

small fry * N —

to be small fry — ser de poca monta

small intestine N — intestino m delgado

small investor N — pequeño(-a) inversionista mf

small print N — letra f menuda

small screen N — pequeña pantalla f, pantalla f chica (LAm)

small talk N — charla f, charloteo * m

• to make small talk — charlar, charlotear *

small town N — (US) ciudad f pequeña
SMALL
Position of "pequeño"
► Peq ueño usually follows the noun when making implicit or explicit comparison with something bigger:
He picked out a small melon Escogió un melón pequeño
At that time, Madrid was a small city En aquella época Madrid era una ciudad pequeña ► When used more subjectively with no attempt at comparison, peq ueño u sually precedes the noun:
But there's one small problem... Pero existe un pequeño problema...
She lives in the little village of La Granada Vive en el pequeño pueblo de La Granada For further uses and examples, see main entry
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I [smɔːl]
adjective -er, -est

1)

a) ( in size) pequeño, chico (esp AmL)

to cut something up small — cortar algo en trocitos (pequeños)

a small waist — una cintura muy estrecha

small letters — letras fpl minúsculas

he's a conservative with a small `c' — es de ideas conservadoras en el sentido amplio de la palabra

the small screen — la pequeña pantalla, la pantalla chica (AmL)

to be small beer o (AmE also) small potatoes: for him $2,000 is small beer — para él 2.000 dólares no son nada or son poca cosa

b) (in number, amount, value) < family> pequeño, chico (esp AmL); <sum/price> módico, reducido

c) ( not much)

they have small chance of succeeding — tienen pocas probabilidades de lograrlo

small wonder! — no es de extrañar, no me extraña

2)

a) (unimportant, trivial) <mistake/problem> pequeño, de poca importancia

b) (humble, modest)

to start in a small way — empezar* de forma muy modesta

to feel small — sentirse* insignificante or (fam) poca cosa

I'm sorry, he said in a small voice — -lo siento -dijo en un hilo de voz

II

noun

1)

the small of the back — región baja de la espalda, que corresponde al segmento dorsal de la columna vertebral

2) smalls pl (BrE colloq & dated) ropa f interior, paños mpl menores (hum)

English-spanish dictionary > small
2 home

home [həʊm]

maison ⇒ 1 (a) chez-soi ⇒ 1 (a) foyer ⇒ 1 (b) patrie ⇒ 1 (c) habitat ⇒ 1 (d) arrivée ⇒ 1 (f) début ⇒ 1 (g) chez soi ⇒ 2 (a) au pays natal ⇒ 2 (b) à fond ⇒ 2 (c) familial ⇒ 3 (a) à/pour la maison ⇒ 3 (b) national ⇒ 3 (c), 3 (d)

1 noun

(a) (one's house) maison f; (more subjectively) chez-soi m inv;

∎ I've come straight from home je viens (directement) de chez moi;

∎ a home from home un second chez-soi;

∎ I left home at sixteen j'ai quitté la maison à seize ans;

∎ her home is not far from mine sa maison n'est pas loin de chez moi;

∎ he insulted me in my own home! il m'a insulté sous mon propre toit!;

∎ to have a home of one's own avoir un foyer ou un chez-soi;

∎ how long has he been missing from home? depuis combien de temps a-t-il disparu de la maison?;

∎ to be away from home être parti ou absent ou en voyage;

∎ he was found far away from home on l'a trouvé loin de chez lui;

∎ his home is in Nice il habite Nice;

∎ Glasgow is her second home Glasgow est sa deuxième patrie;

∎ New York will always be home for me! c'est toujours à New York que je me sentirai chez moi!;

∎ when did she make her home in Hollywood? quand s'est-elle installée à Hollywood?;

∎ emigrants came to make their homes in Canada des émigrés sont venus s'installer au Canada;

∎ to give sb a home recueillir qn chez soi;

∎ they sell lovely things for the home ils vendent toutes sortes de très jolis accessoires pour la maison;

∎ they have a lovely home! c'est très agréable chez eux!;

∎ at home chez soi, à la maison;

∎ to stay at home rester à la maison;

∎ come and see me at home passez me voir à la maison;

∎ formal Mrs Carr is not at home on Mondays Mme Carr ne reçoit pas le lundi;

∎ there was nobody at home il n'y avait personne à la maison;

∎ make yourself at home faites comme chez vous;

∎ he made himself at home in the chair il s'est mis à l'aise dans le fauteuil;

∎ I don't feel at home here je me sens dépaysé ici, je ne me sens pas chez moi ici;

∎ she feels at home everywhere! elle est à l'aise partout!;

∎ to be or to feel at home with sth se sentir à l'aise avec qch;

∎ he doesn't yet feel at home with the machine il n'est pas encore à l'aise avec la machine;

∎ I work out of or at home je travaille à domicile ou chez moi;

∎ familiar what's that when it's at home? qu'est-ce que c'est que ça?;

∎ ironic don't you have a home to go to? tu as l'intention de passer la nuit ici?;

∎ proverb there's no place like home = on n'est vraiment bien que chez soi;

∎ proverb home is where the heart is = où le cœur aime, là est le foyer;

∎ home sweet home foyer, doux foyer

(b) (family unit) foyer m; Administration habitation f, logement m;

∎ the father left home le père a abandonné le foyer;

∎ to start or to set up a home fonder un foyer;

∎ how are things at home? comment ça va chez toi?;

∎ are you having problems at home? est-ce que tu as des problèmes chez toi?;

∎ a happy home une famille heureuse;

∎ he comes from a good home il vient d'une famille comme il faut;

∎ good home wanted for three kittens (on notice) je donne trois chatons

(c) (native land) patrie f, pays m natal;

∎ it's the same at home c'est la même chose chez nous ou dans notre pays;

∎ at home and abroad dans notre pays et à l'étranger;

∎ figurative this discussion is getting a bit close to home! on aborde un sujet dangereux!;

∎ let's look at a situation closer to or nearer home examinons une situation qui nous concerne plus directement;

∎ Kentucky, the home of bourbon Kentucky, le pays du bourbon;

∎ the home of jazz le berceau du jazz

(d) Botany & Zoology habitat m

(e) (mental hospital) maison f de repos; (old people's home) maison f de retraite; (children's home) foyer m pour enfants

(f) Sport (finishing line) arrivée f; (on board game) case f départ; (goal) but m;

∎ they play better at home ils jouent mieux sur leur terrain;

∎ Arsenal are playing at home on Saturday Arsenal joue à domicile samedi;

∎ to be at home to recevoir;

∎ the Rams meet the Braves at home les Rams jouent à domicile contre les Braves

(g) Computing (beginning of document) début m

2 adverb

(a) (to or at one's house) chez soi, à la maison;

∎ to go home rentrer (chez soi ou à la maison);

∎ what time did you get home? à quelle heure est-ce que tu es rentré?;

∎ I'd better be getting home je crois qu'il est temps que je rentre chez moi;

∎ it's on my way home c'est sur mon chemin;

∎ she'll be home tonight elle sera à la maison ce soir;

∎ American to be home alone être tout seul à la maison;

∎ to see sb home raccompagner qn jusque chez lui/elle;

∎ to take sb home ramener qn chez lui/elle;

∎ Fido, home! Fido, rentre ou à la maison!;

∎ familiar it's nothing to write home about ça ne casse rien;

∎ familiar British home and dry, American home free sauvé

(b) (from abroad) au pays natal, au pays;

∎ when did you get or come home? quand es-tu rentré?;

∎ to send sb home rapatrier qn;

∎ the grandparents want to go or to return home les grands-parents veulent rentrer dans leur pays

(c) (all the way) à fond;

∎ to drive a nail home enfoncer un clou jusqu'au bout;

∎ the remark really went home le commentaire a fait mouche;

∎ to push home one's advantage profiter au maximum d'un avantage;

∎ it will come home to him some day il s'en rendra compte un jour;

∎ to bring sth home to sb faire comprendre ou voir qch à qn

3 adjective

(a) (concerning family, household → life) de famille, familial; (→ for family consumption) familial, à usage familial

(b) (to, for, at one's house) à ou pour la maison

(c) (national → gen) national, du pays; (→ market, policy, sales) intérieur;

∎ to be on home ground (near home) être en pays de connaissance; figurative (familiar subject) être en terrain connu

(d) Sport (team → national) national; (→ local) local;

our home ground notre terrain;

∎ when they play at their home ground quand ils jouent sur leur terrain, quand ils reçoivent

4 intransitive verb

(person, animal) revenir ou rentrer chez soi; (pigeon) revenir au colombier

►► home address (on form) domicile m (permanent); (not business address) adresse f personnelle;

Computing home automation domotique f;

home baking Cookery (action) pâtisserie f; (cakes, biscuits) gâteaux mpl;

Banking home banking banque f à domicile;

Obstetrics home birth accouchement m à la maison;

home brew (beer) bière f faite maison;

home brewing (of beer) fabrication f de bière chez soi; American (illegal distilling) = distillation clandestine d'alcool chez soi;

home cleaning products produits mpl ménagers;

British home comforts confort m du foyer;

Computing home computer ordinateur m familial;

Computing home computing informatique f à domicile;

home cooking cuisine f familiale;

the Home Counties = l'ensemble des comtés limitrophes de Londres, à la population aisée et conservatrice;

home country pays m natal;

∎ the home country le pays;

home decorating décoration f intérieure;

home delivery livraison f à domicile;

home economics, familiar

home ec (UNCOUNT) économie f domestique;

home economist spécialiste mf d'économie domestique;

American Finance home equity loan prêt m sur valeur nette de la propriété;

American Cookery home fries pommes de terre fpl sautées non pelées;

home front (during war) arrière m;

∎ on the home front à l'arrière;

∎ what's the news on the home front? (in the home country) quelles sont les nouvelles du pays?;

∎ how are things on the home front? (at home) comment ça va à la maison?;

home game match m à domicile;

British History the Home Guard = section de volontaires de l'armée britannique restée sur le territoire pour le défendre en cas d'invasion;

British home help aide f ménagère;

home improvements travaux mpl de rénovation;

Finance home improvement loan prêt m pour travaux de rénovation;

home journey voyage m de retour;

Computing home key touche f début;

British Military home leave congé m au foyer;

home life vie f de famille;

Finance home loan prêt m immobilier, prêt m d'épargne-logement;

home movie film m d'amateur;

home news nouvelles fpl nationales;

Politics the Home Office = le ministère britannique de l'Intérieur;

American Commerce home office (of company) siège m social;

home owner propriétaire mf;

home ownership = fait d'être propriétaire de son logement;

∎ home ownership is increasing le nombre des personnes propriétaires de leur logement augmente;

Computing home page (initial page) page f d'accueil; (start page in browser) page f d'accueil; (personal page) page f personnelle;

Marketing home party selling vente f domiciliaire;

home plate Sport (in baseball) bâton m, = plaque qui marque le début et la fin du parcours que doit effectuer le batteur pour marquer un point;

Nautical home port port m d'attache;

Economics home products produits mpl nationaux ou domestiques;

home remedy remède m de bonne femme;

Home Rule History (in Ireland) = gouvernement autonome de l'Irlande;

home rule (devolution) décentralisation f;

home run Sport (in baseball) coup m de circuit (coup de batte qui permet au batteur de marquer un point en faisant un tour complet en une seule fois); figurative (last leg of trip) dernière étape f du circuit;

∎ the ship/the delivery truck is on its home run le navire/le camion rentre à son port d'attache/au dépôt;

School home schooling scolarisation f à domicile;

Politics Home Secretary = ministre de l'Intérieur en Grande-Bretagne;

Commerce home shopping téléachat m;

American Home Show ≃ salon m des arts ménagers et de la décoration; Sport &

figurative British home straight, American home stretch dernière ligne f droite;

∎ they're on or in the home straight ils sont dans la dernière ligne droite;

Sport home team l'équipe f qui reçoit;

home time = heure où l'on rentre à la maison;

home town (of birth) ville f natale;

∎ (of upbringing) his home town la ville où il a grandi;

home truth vérité f désagréable;

∎ to tell sb a few home truths dire ses (quatre) vérités à qn;

∎ I learnt some home truths about myself j'ai appris quelques vérités désagréables sur moi-même;

home video = film vidéo réalisé par un particulier, généralement sur sa vie de famille;

∎ to watch sb's home videos regarder les cassettes vidéo filmées par qn;

home visit (by doctor) visite f à domicile;

home waters (territorial) eaux fpl territoriales; (near home port) eaux fpl voisines du port d'attache;

Sport home win victoire f à domicile

➲ home in on, home on to inseparable transitive verb

(a) (of missile) se diriger (automatiquement) sur ou vers; (proceed towards → goal) se diriger vers; figurative mettre le cap sur

(b) (direct attention to → problem, solution) mettre l'accent sur; (→ difficulty, question) viser, cerner;

∎ I made one mistake and he homed in on it je n'ai fait qu'une seule faute mais il s'est fait un plaisir de me la faire remarquer

ⓘ HOME RULE On désigne ainsi le régime d'autonomie revendiqué par l'Irlande entre 1870 et 1914. Après plusieurs tentatives, une loi sur l'autonomie partielle fut votée en 1914. La mise en vigueur de cette loi, déjà compromise par l'opposition des protestants unionistes de l'Ulster, fut reportée lorsque la Première Guerre mondiale éclata en août 1914. À la suite de l'insurrection de Pâques à Dublin en 1916, les partisans du "Home Rule" revendiquèrent l'autonomie totale. La guerre pour l'indépendance (1918-21) aboutit au traité anglo-irlandais de 1921, qui établit la partition de l'île entre l'Irlande du Sud qui devenait quasiment indépendante et l'Irlande du Nord qui devait rester rattachée à la Grande-Bretagne.

ⓘ Don't try this at home Il s'agit d'un conseil donné aux spectateurs dans les émissions de télévision dans lesquelles figurent des tours dangereux et des cascades. Aujourd'hui, cette formule ("n'essayez pas de faire cela chez vous") est toujours utilisée par les présentateurs de télévision avec une pointe d'ironie et d'une manière plus générale par toute personne qui est sur le point de tenter quelque chose de dangereux.

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3 Psychology

   1) The Knowledge of Ourselves

   We come therefore now to that knowledge whereunto the ancient oracle directeth us, which is the knowledge of ourselves; which deserveth the more accurate handling, by how much it toucheth us more nearly. This knowledge, as it is the end and term of natural philosophy in the intention of man, so notwithstanding it is but a portion of natural philosophy in the continent of nature.... [W]e proceed to human philosophy or Humanity, which hath two parts: the one considereth man segregate, or distributively; the other congregate, or in society. So as Human philosophy is either Simple and Particular, or Conjugate and Civil. Humanity Particular consisteth of the same parts whereof man consisteth; that is, of knowledges which respect the Body, and of knowledges that respect the Mind... how the one discloseth the other and how the one worketh upon the other... [:] the one is honored with the inquiry of Aristotle, and the other of Hippocrates. (Bacon, 1878, pp. 236-237)

   2) As a Science, Psychology Is Distinct

   The claims of Psychology to rank as a distinct science are... not smaller but greater than those of any other science. If its phenomena are contemplated objectively, merely as nervo-muscular adjustments by which the higher organisms from moment to moment adapt their actions to environing co-existences and sequences, its degree of specialty, even then, entitles it to a separate place. The moment the element of feeling, or consciousness, is used to interpret nervo-muscular adjustments as thus exhibited in the living beings around, objective Psychology acquires an additional, and quite exceptional, distinction. (Spencer, 1896, p. 141)

   3) Psychology Can Never Be an Exact Natural Science

   Kant once declared that psychology was incapable of ever raising itself to the rank of an exact natural science. The reasons that he gives... have often been repeated in later times. In the first place, Kant says, psychology cannot become an exact science because mathematics is inapplicable to the phenomena of the internal sense; the pure internal perception, in which mental phenomena must be constructed,-time,-has but one dimension. In the second place, however, it cannot even become an experimental science, because in it the manifold of internal observation cannot be arbitrarily varied,-still less, another thinking subject be submitted to one's experiments, comformably to the end in view; moreover, the very fact of observation means alteration of the observed object. (Wundt, 1904, p. 6)

   4) How a " Mathematical" Psychology May Be Realized in Practice

   It is [Gustav] Fechner's service to have found and followed the true way; to have shown us how a "mathematical psychology" may, within certain limits, be realized in practice.... He was the first to show how Herbart's idea of an "exact psychology" might be turned to practical account. (Wundt, 1904, pp. 6-7)

   5) The Rights of Psychology as Science

   "Mind," "intellect," "reason," "understanding," etc. are concepts... that existed before the advent of any scientific psychology. The fact that the naive consciousness always and everywhere points to internal experience as a special source of knowledge, may, therefore, be accepted for the moment as sufficient testimony to the rights of psychology as science.... "Mind," will accordingly be the subject, to which we attribute all the separate facts of internal observation as predicates. The subject itself is determined p. 17) wholly and exclusively by its predicates. (Wundt, 1904,

   6) The Study of Animal Psychology

   The study of animal psychology may be approached from two different points of view. We may set out from the notion of a kind of comparative physiology of mind, a universal history of the development of mental life in the organic world. Or we may make human psychology the principal object of investigation. Then, the expressions of mental life in animals will be taken into account only so far as they throw light upon the evolution of consciousness in man.... Human psychology... may confine itself altogether to man, and generally has done so to far too great an extent. There are plenty of psychological text-books from which you would hardly gather that there was any other conscious life than the human. (Wundt, 1907, pp. 340-341)

   7) The Behaviorist's Formulation

   The Behaviorist began his own formulation of the problem of psychology by sweeping aside all medieval conceptions. He dropped from his scientific vocabulary all subjective terms such as sensation, perception, image, desire, purpose, and even thinking and emotion as they were subjectively defined. (Watson, 1930, pp. 5-6)

   8) Man Is a Microcosm

   According to the medieval classification of the sciences, psychology is merely a chapter of special physics, although the most important chapter; for man is a microcosm; he is the central figure of the universe. (deWulf, 1956, p. 125)

   9) Brief Overview of Psychology's History

   At the beginning of this century the prevailing thesis in psychology was Associationism.... Behavior proceeded by the stream of associations: each association produced its successors, and acquired new attachments with the sensations arriving from the environment.

   In the first decade of the century a reaction developed to this doctrine through the work of the Wurzburg school. Rejecting the notion of a completely self-determining stream of associations, it introduced the task ( Aufgabe) as a necessary factor in describing the process of thinking. The task gave direction to thought. A noteworthy innovation of the Wurzburg school was the use of systematic introspection to shed light on the thinking process and the contents of consciousness. The result was a blend of mechanics and phenomenalism, which gave rise in turn to two divergent antitheses, Behaviorism and the Gestalt movement. The behavioristic reaction insisted that introspection was a highly unstable, subjective procedure.... Behaviorism reformulated the task of psychology as one of explaining the response of organisms as a function of the stimuli impinging upon them and measuring both objectively. However, Behaviorism accepted, and indeed reinforced, the mechanistic assumption that the connections between stimulus and response were formed and maintained as simple, determinate functions of the environment.

   The Gestalt reaction took an opposite turn. It rejected the mechanistic nature of the associationist doctrine but maintained the value of phenomenal observation. In many ways it continued the Wurzburg school's insistence that thinking was more than association-thinking has direction given to it by the task or by the set of the subject. Gestalt psychology elaborated this doctrine in genuinely new ways in terms of holistic principles of organization.

   Today psychology lives in a state of relatively stable tension between the poles of Behaviorism and Gestalt psychology.... (Newell & Simon, 1963, pp. 279-280)

    10) Psychological Research Is Not Building toward Systematic Clarity

   As I examine the fate of our oppositions, looking at those already in existence as guide to how they fare and shape the course of science, it seems to me that clarity is never achieved. Matters simply become muddier and muddier as we go down through time. Thus, far from providing the rungs of a ladder by which psychology gradually climbs to clarity, this form of conceptual structure leads rather to an ever increasing pile of issues, which we weary of or become diverted from, but never really settle. (Newell, 1973b, pp. 288-289)

    11) Psychology as a Scientific Discipline

   The subject matter of psychology is as old as reﬂection. Its broad practical aims are as dated as human societies. Human beings, in any period, have not been indifferent to the validity of their knowledge, unconcerned with the causes of their behavior or that of their prey and predators. Our distant ancestors, no less than we, wrestled with the problems of social organization, child rearing, competition, authority, individual differences, personal safety. Solving these problems required insights-no matter how untutored-into the psychological dimensions of life. Thus, if we are to follow the convention of treating psychology as a young discipline, we must have in mind something other than its subject matter. We must mean that it is young in the sense that physics was young at the time of Archimedes or in the sense that geometry was "founded" by Euclid and "fathered" by Thales. Sailing vessels were launched long before Archimedes discovered the laws of bouyancy [ sic], and pillars of identical circumference were constructed before anyone knew that C IID. We do not consider the ship builders and stone cutters of antiquity physicists and geometers. Nor were the ancient cave dwellers psychologists merely because they rewarded the good conduct of their children. The archives of folk wisdom contain a remarkable collection of achievements, but craft-no matter how perfected-is not science, nor is a litany of successful accidents a discipline. If psychology is young, it is young as a scientific discipline but it is far from clear that psychology has attained this status. (Robinson, 1986, p. 12)

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