Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Reactive people... are often affected by their physical environment. They find external sources to blame for their behavior.
I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions.
You have to think a little smarter, be proactive, not reactive.
The conscious mind determines the actions, the unconscious mind determines the reactions; and the reactions are just as important as the actions.
Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions.
Behaviors are a choice. Feelings are sometimes out of our control. Behavior has to do with choices.
Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.
Mental events, it is said, are not passive happenings but the acts of a subject.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.