The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) / quote 73 of 203

Environmental determinism

Environmental determinism basically says your boss is doing it to you—or your spouse, or that bratty teenager, or your economic situation, or national policies. Someone or something in your environment is responsible for your situation. Each of these maps is based on the stimulus/response theory we most often think of in connection with Pavlov’s experiments with dogs.

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