s="" attention="" from="" early="" times.="" the="" ways="" of="" people="" dealing="" with="" their="" relations="" have="" been="" recorded="" in="" innumerable="" myths,="" folktales,="" novels,="" poems,="" plays,="" and="" popular="" or="" philosophical="" essays.="" although="" full="" significance="" a="" human="" relationship="" may="" not="" be="" directly="" evident,="" complexity="" feelings="" actions="" that="" can="" understood="" at="" glance="" is="" surprisingly="" great.="" for="" this="" reason="" psychology="" holds="" unique="" position="" among="" sciences.="" "intuitive"="" knowledge="" remarkably="" penetrating="" significantly="" help="" us="" understand="" behavior,="" whereas="" physical="" sciences="" such="" commonsense="" relatively="" primitive.="" if="" we="" erased="" all="" scientific="" physics="" our="" modern="" world,="" only="" would="" cars="" television="" sets,="" might="" even="" find="" ordinary="" person="" was="" unable="" to="" cope="" fundamental="" mechanical="" problems="" pulleys="" levers.="" on="" other="" hand="" removed="" interpersonal="" easily="" coped="" solved="" much="" as="" before.="" still="" "know"="" how="" avo doing="" something="" asked="" get="" someone="" agree="" us;="" when="" angry="" pleased.="" one="" could="" offer="" sensible="" explanations="" "whys"="" self’s="" behavior="" feelings.="" words,="" has="" great="" profound="" understanding="" self="" which,="" though="" unformulated="" vaguely="" conceived,="" enables="" interact="" others="" more="" less="" adaptive="" ways.="" kohler,="" referring="" lack="" discoveries="" compared="" physics,="" accounts="" by="" saying="" "people="" were="" acquainted="" practically="" territories="" mental="" life="" long="" time="" before="" founding="" psychology".Paradoxically, with all this natural, intuitive commonsense capacity to grasp human relations, the science of human relations has been one of the last to develop. Different explanations of this paradox have been suggested. One is that science would destroy the vain and pleasing illusions people have about themselves; but we might ask why people have always loved to read pessimistic, debunking writings, from Ecclesiastes to Freud. It has also been proposed that just because we know so much about people intuitively, there has been less incentive for studying them scientifically; why should one develop a theory, carry out systematic observations, or make predictions about the obvious? In any case, the field of human relations, with its vast literary documentation but meager scientific treatment, is in great contrast to the field of physics in which there are relatively few nonscientific books.1.According to the passage, it has been suggested that the science of human relations was slow to develop because（ ）.2.Which of the following claims supports the author's statement that "psychology holds a unique position among the sciences"?3.According to the passage, an understanding of the self can be （ ）.4.It can be inferred that the author assumes that commonsense knowledge of human relations is（ ）.'>
Human relations have commanded people's attention from early times. The ways of people dealing with their relations have been recorded in innumerable myths, folktales, novels, poems, plays, and popular or philosophical essays. Although the full significance of a human relationship may not be directly evident, the complexity of feelings and actions that can be understood at a glance is surprisingly great. For this reason psychology holds a unique position among the sciences. "Intuitive" knowledge may be remarkably penetrating and can significantly help us understand human behavior, whereas in the physical sciences such commonsense knowledge is relatively primitive. If we erased all knowledge of scientific physics from our modern world, not only would we not have cars and television sets, we might even find that the ordinary person was unable to cope with the fundamental mechanical problems of pulleys and levers. On the other hand if w
