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and a superior plant , which transplants more
One big advantage of soil blocks is an obvious
it is very little more trouble than normal potting ,
completely . Manufacturing the block and planting
one : the cost of a pot of any description is saved
The various types of small paper pots are very
results by buying a small hand-operated soil
block maker and use the money saved on
Many amateur gardeners might improve their
inclined to collapse if the plants are in them
useful for short-term operations , but are
buying small pots to improve their composts .
too long .
They are # quite useful for plants that are
nurseryman ; there is also considerable saving
in carriage costs because of their lightness .
and others not so good . A wide range of
their cheapness making them attractive to the
despatched to market or direct to customers ,
There are many types of plastic pots available ;
usually need less water than those in clay
plants grow quite well in plastic pots and
pots .
some expensive , some quite cheap ; some good
has been gained with them . Plastic pots
are usually more expensive than clay ones ,
will last a long time with normal care .
but they are almost indestructible and
manage , however , until a little experience
They are slightly more difficult to
of books . He uses his vocabulary to
how to do this for himself , with the help
so as to make it grow . He does not
find the answers .
simply pack new things into the store .
vocabulary to work on the existing store
The job of the teacher is to set the learner's
The solitary learner has to find out
ask questions and uses the books to
of us obstinately go on using it .
" mind " has given rise to endless
abolish it from the dictionary , most
controversy among philosophers and psycho-
a well-established learner and the world
your own philosopher , your own psychologist
will be at your feet . Although the word
logists , many of whom would like to
Thus learning how to learn means becoming
and your own teacher . You will then be
to detach the mind from the brain , and all the biological ,
essence of a man which is supposed to persist apart from
And then you get a knock on the head and all evidence of
" mind " vanishes , at any rate for some time . It seems very difficult
the basis of all those experiences and phenomena which
the body , and to reserve the more prosaic word " mind " for
close connection . There is a lot to be said for keeping the
are clearly associated with the brain .
surgical and pharmacological evidence points to a very
word " soul " to stand for what many believe to be the imperishable
gases and so on . Where has psychology got to in its
theories of " mind " ? Are there any ultimate units
picture of this " basis " of mental phenomena ?
The physicists have succeeded remarkably well ,
picture of the basis of such material phenomena
as chemical action , magnetism , the behaviour of
with the atomic theory , in giving a clear and detailed
Can we now put forward any reasonably clear
of mind akin to the atoms of matter ?
for basic units of mind has gone on and will
matter combine to form molecular compounds .
thought to combine together to form compound
experiences by analogy with the way atoms of
identified as elementary sensations . These were
be analysed into discrete bits . These bits were
But this view led to too many difficulties and
was finally abandoned . Nevertheless the search
doubtless continue , for it is the aim of science to
At one time it was thought that mind could indeed
discover ultimate units .
geometry .
units of geometry must be points . It would be more
sciences . For example the success of the atomic theory
correct to regard operations as the ultimate units of
We must beware , however , of supposing that there must be any
in physics might lead us to suppose that the ultimate
close analogy between the units of quite different
It is not an easy concept and if I try to make it
psychology in its search for ultimate units and here
There have been many conflicting tendencies in
but even so it may be better than a meaningless abstraction .
we can only indicate what seems to be the most promising
concept which is current today . It is known as the schema .
concrete it will be at the cost of over-simplification
and this feeling of queerness
They think there is something
psychologist I am constantly
mistaken belief that the
the wrong way round . As a
psychologist first looks into ...
inevitably " queer " about psychology