environmental determinism
noun[U]
social sciencesspecializeduk/ɪn.vaɪ.rənˌmen.təl dɪˈtɜː.mɪ.nɪ.zəm/us/ɪn.vaɪr.ənˌmen.t̬əl dɪˈtɝː.mə.nɪ.zəm/thetheorythat a person'sphysicalenvironmentdecideshow theybehaveanddevelop, howintelligentthey are, etc.:
环境决定论Humanisticpsychologyemphasizedself-determinationoverbiologicalorenvironmentaldeterminism.人本主义心理学强调自我决定，而不是生物或环境决定论。
- Advocates ofenvironmentaldeterminismpositedthat theenvironmentlimitshumanculturaldevelopment.
- Environmentaldeterminismis thepropositionthat thesocialforcesto whichindividualsareexposedintheirenvironmentcontrolallmoralthinking,feeling,strivingandbehaving.
- Nineteenthcenturyenvironmentaldeterminismheldthatclimateandterrainlargelydeterminedhumanactivityandpsychology, anapproachwhichsupportedracismandcolonialism.