If you see yourself as capable of power and accomplishment, yours is a God of the reactive response.

Any God who makes laws and rules over society stems from the reactive response.

The reactive response makes us defend our ego and its needs.

The drama of power is based on the reactive response, a biological need to fulfill ego demands.

The ruling dictum of the reactive response is "More for me."

Robinson says: "There are some plays that need a reactive response, where others require a little more distance for consideration.

There are several behavioral responses common towards stressors including the proactive, reactive, and passive responses.

A reactive social response to adultism takes the form of the children's rights movement, led by young people who strike against being exploited for their labor.

The 'reactive' response is to medicate only when observation confirms something to be amiss - and there are dangers in both approaches.

And they require a pre-emptive and not simply reactive response.